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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.0ml

28 km ENE of Pistol River, Oregon

· 35 km deep · released about 800 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Curry County 17 kmJosephine County 40 kmDel Norte County 68 kmCoos County 92 kmJackson County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
35 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity II (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Curry County, 17 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 523 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 800 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 13,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 800 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 42.3580, -124.0630. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Curry County, OR 17 km (11 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Curry County
Josephine County, OR 40 km (25 mi) W of here earthquakes near Josephine County
Del Norte County, CA 68 km (42 mi) N of here earthquakes near Del Norte County
Coos County, OR 92 km (57 mi) S of here earthquakes near Coos County
Jackson County, OR 114 km (71 mi) W of here earthquakes near Jackson County
Douglas County, OR 127 km (79 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Douglas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.7 17 km W of Pistol River, Oregon
  2. 1.7 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  3. 2.3 7 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  4. 1.9 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  5. 1.6 7 km ESE of Pistol River, Oregon
  6. 1.6 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  7. 1.8 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  8. 1.6 8 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  9. 1.8 10 km NNE of Nesika Beach, Oregon
  10. 1.7 7 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  11. 1.8 15 km SSW of Pistol River, Oregon
  12. 1.9 7 km NE of Harbor, Oregon
  13. 3.0 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  14. 1.7 12 km SSE of Port Orford, Oregon
  15. 1.6 6 km E of Pistol River, 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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