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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Mount Hood Village, OR

No earthquake was likely felt in Mount Hood Village in the 24 hours to 2:46 am PST (10:46 UTC). The last one was M 1.5, 8 km (5 mi) NW, at 3:27 pm PDT on 1 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Mount Hood Village

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) east of Mount Hood Village, OR, at 7:31 pm PDT on 2 September 2022 (02:31 UTC), 5.1 km deep.

USGS: Washington-Oregon border region

78 km (48 mi) ESE of Portland, OR

7:31 pm PDT, Sep 2, 2022 · · 5.1 km deep · released about 14 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hood River County 21 kmClackamas County 42 kmWasco County 46 kmMultnomah County 61 kmClark County 79 kmSkamania County 80 kmSherman County 81 kmMarion County 83 kmJefferson County 86 km
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When
7:31 pm PDT on 2 September 2022 ()
Where
22 km (14 mi) east of Mount Hood Village, OR · earthquakes near Mount Hood Village
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hood River County, 21 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1526 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Mount Hood Village, 22 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 14 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 760,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 68× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 14 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 45.3220, -121.7048. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hood River County, OR 21 km (13 mi) N earthquakes near Hood River County
Clackamas County, OR 42 km (26 mi) WSW earthquakes near Clackamas County
Wasco County, OR 46 km (28 mi) ESE earthquakes near Wasco County
Multnomah County, OR 61 km (38 mi) WNW earthquakes near Multnomah County
Clark County, WA 79 km (49 mi) NW earthquakes near Clark County
Skamania County, WA 80 km (50 mi) NNW earthquakes near Skamania County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.2 3 km S of Carson, Washington
  2. 0.8 6 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  3. 0.9 8 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
  4. 1.1 6 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  5. 0.8 9 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
  6. 0.4 6 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
  7. 1.4 9 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
  8. 1.5 7 km NW of Mount Hood Village, Oregon
  9. 0.0 7 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
  10. 1.7 4 km NNW of Mount Hood Village, Oregon
  11. 1.6 6 km SE of Odell, Oregon
  12. 2.1 10 km NNE of Sandy, Oregon
  13. 1.7 6 km SE of Mosier, Oregon
  14. 1.9 8 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon
  15. 1.6 5 km S of Odell, 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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