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M 2.0ml

3 km WSW of Oceanside, Oregon

· 39 km deep · released about 29 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tillamook County 20 kmYamhill County 58 kmClatsop County 69 kmWashington County 72 kmPolk County 77 kmLincoln County 89 kmColumbia County 91 kmWahkiakum County 105 kmBenton County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
39 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Tillamook County, 20 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1401 days ago

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 29 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 45.4420, -124.0092. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tillamook County, OR 20 km (12 mi) W of here earthquakes near Tillamook County
Yamhill County, OR 58 km (36 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Clatsop County, OR 69 km (43 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Clatsop County
Washington County, OR 72 km (45 mi) W of here earthquakes near Washington County
Polk County, OR 77 km (48 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Lincoln County, OR 89 km (56 mi) N of here earthquakes near Lincoln County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 31 km W of Neskowin, Oregon
  2. 1.6 15 km ESE of Wheeler, Oregon
  3. 1.6 9 km E of Wheeler, Oregon
  4. 2.2 10 km W of Cape Meares, Oregon
  5. 1.6 2 km SW of Oceanside, Oregon
  6. 2.0 32 km W of Neskowin, Oregon
  7. 1.6 24 km NNW of Sheridan, Oregon
  8. 1.6 13 km E of Wheeler, Oregon
  9. 1.5 8 km NNE of Nehalem, Oregon
  10. 2.5 26 km WNW of Lincoln City, Oregon
  11. 2.0 0 km NE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
  12. 1.7 10 km SSW of Netarts, Oregon
  13. 1.6 3 km SE of Beaver, Oregon
  14. 2.0 4 km WSW of Wheeler, Oregon
  15. 1.7 13 km N of Willamina, 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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