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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

31 km WNW of Melrose, Oregon

· -0.5 km deep · released about 5.9 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Coos County 34 kmDouglas County 53 kmLane County 93 kmCurry County 109 kmJosephine County 114 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
-0.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Coos County, 34 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 566 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 160× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.9 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 43.3958, -123.7875. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Coos County, OR 34 km (21 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Coos County
Douglas County, OR 53 km (33 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Douglas County
Lane County, OR 93 km (58 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Lane County
Curry County, OR 109 km (68 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Curry County
Josephine County, OR 114 km (71 mi) N of here earthquakes near Josephine County
Jackson County, OR 142 km (88 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Jackson County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.1 4 km NNE of Roseburg North, Oregon
  2. 1.6 12 km ENE of Glasgow, Oregon
  3. 1.6 5 km NW of Roseburg North, Oregon
  4. 1.5 9 km WSW of Lookingglass, Oregon
  5. 1.8 28 km E of Glasgow, Oregon
  6. 1.5 15 km ESE of Myrtle Point, Oregon
  7. 1.6 5 km SE of Dillard, Oregon
  8. 1.5 5 km ESE of Coquille, Oregon
  9. 1.8 5 km NNW of Roseburg North, Oregon
  10. 1.5 8 km SW of Lookingglass, Oregon
  11. 1.5 11 km E of Glasgow, Oregon
  12. 1.6 4 km NNE of Roseburg North, Oregon
  13. 1.7 6 km NW of Roseburg North, Oregon
  14. 1.5 8 km SW of Lookingglass, Oregon
  15. 1.7 2 km SW of Drain, Oregon

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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