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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

5 km E of Hubbard, Oregon

· -0.5 km deep · released about 8.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marion County 33 kmClackamas County 43 kmYamhill County 46 kmMultnomah County 48 kmWashington County 50 kmPolk County 60 kmClark County 69 kmLinn County 78 kmTillamook County 86 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report
Nearest
Marion County, 33 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1451 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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 45.1778, -122.7373. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Marion County, OR 33 km (21 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Marion County
Clackamas County, OR 43 km (26 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Yamhill County, OR 46 km (29 mi) E of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Multnomah County, OR 48 km (30 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Washington County, OR 50 km (31 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Polk County, OR 60 km (38 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Polk County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 7 km NE of Amity, Oregon
  2. 1.7 4 km NE of Lafayette, Oregon
  3. 2.1 14 km SSE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  4. 1.7 1 km SSE of Turner, Oregon
  5. 1.7 2 km SSE of Sherwood, Oregon
  6. 1.6 5 km S of Aloha, Oregon
  7. 1.6 1 km W of Turner, Oregon
  8. 1.7 9 km SE of Amity, Oregon
  9. 1.8 8 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  10. 1.8 4 km E of Hubbard, Oregon
  11. 1.6 4 km WSW of Stafford, Oregon
  12. 1.8 9 km NW of Keizer, Oregon
  13. 1.6 4 km ESE of Sherwood, Oregon
  14. 1.5 5 km NE of Amity, Oregon
  15. 2.0 16 km ESE of Molalla, 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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