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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

5 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon

· -0.4 km deep · released about 7.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marion County 13 kmClackamas County 43 kmPolk County 57 kmLinn County 57 kmYamhill County 57 kmMultnomah County 65 kmWashington County 70 kmBenton County 80 kmClark County 88 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Marion County, 13 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1158 days ago

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

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.1 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 44.9907, -122.6857. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Marion County, OR 13 km (8 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Marion County
Clackamas County, OR 43 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Polk County, OR 57 km (35 mi) E of here earthquakes near Polk County
Linn County, OR 57 km (35 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Linn County
Yamhill County, OR 57 km (36 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Multnomah County, OR 65 km (41 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 2 km WSW of Jefferson, Oregon
  2. 1.7 14 km N of Mehama, Oregon
  3. 1.7 9 km SSW of Saint Paul, Oregon
  4. 1.8 10 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  5. 1.7 4 km ENE of Lafayette, Oregon
  6. 1.7 5 km W of Mehama, Oregon
  7. 2.0 4 km NNE of Lafayette, Oregon
  8. 1.7 11 km SE of Silverton, Oregon
  9. 1.6 3 km E of Sherwood, Oregon
  10. 1.9 7 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  11. 1.7 4 km ENE of Molalla, Oregon
  12. 1.8 5 km ENE of Molalla, Oregon
  13. 2.1 5 km ENE of Molalla, Oregon
  14. 2.0 2 km NE of Estacada, Oregon
  15. 1.6 8 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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