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M 4.4ml
Earthquake near Albany, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Albany in the 24 hours to 4:23 am PST (12:23 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 10 km (6 mi) NNE, at 1:00 pm PDT on 16 May 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Albany
This page: a magnitude 4.4 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) east-southeast of Albany, OR, at 5:52 am PDT on 7 October 2022 (12:52 UTC), 13 km deep. 6,105 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 16 km ESE of Lacomb, Oregon
44 km (28 mi) ESE of Albany, OR · 111 km (69 mi) S of Portland, OR
- When
- 5:52 am PDT on 7 October 2022 ()
- Where
- 45 km (28 mi) east-southeast of Albany, OR · earthquakes near Albany
- Magnitude
- M 4.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- 6,105 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity V (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Nearest
- Linn County, 6 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 199 days ago
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This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 128 km (80 mi) from the epicentre. In Albany, 45 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Sweet Home, Mill City, Lyons, South Lebanon, Lebanon.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 58 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,900× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 92× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 4.4 about 58 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 120× more
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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km (31 mi) since our catalogue begins in 2016. No other earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded this close in that time.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 44.5403, -122.5508. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linn County, OR | 6 km (4 mi) | S | earthquakes near Linn County |
| Marion County, OR | 40 km (25 mi) | N | earthquakes near Marion County |
| Benton County, OR | 69 km (43 mi) | W | earthquakes near Benton County |
| Lane County, OR | 73 km (46 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Lane County |
| Clackamas County, OR | 74 km (46 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Clackamas County |
| Polk County, OR | 78 km (48 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Polk County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 13 km S of Crawfordsville, Oregon
- 1.2 13 km SE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
- 1.8 5 km NW of Lacomb, Oregon
- 1.6 5 km NW of Lacomb, Oregon
- 2.0 6 km W of Lacomb, Oregon
- 1.6 9 km SSE of Crawfordsville, Oregon
- 1.5 4 km SSE of Cascadia, Oregon
- 1.8 3 km W of Mehama, Oregon
- 1.5 1 km NNE of Cascadia, Oregon
- 2.0 4 km N of Sweet Home, Oregon
- 1.8 5 km N of Waterloo, Oregon
- 1.6 4 km NW of Brownsville, Oregon
- 1.7 5 km W of Mehama, Oregon
- 1.5 3 km S of Brownsville, Oregon
- 1.6 22 km N of Unity, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.