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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

5 km SSW of Aloha, Oregon

· -0.3 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 20 kmMultnomah County 38 kmYamhill County 41 kmClark County 47 kmColumbia County 57 kmClackamas County 63 kmMarion County 66 kmTillamook County 68 kmPolk County 73 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
-0.3 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Washington County, 20 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 747 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 45.4497, -122.8832. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, OR 20 km (13 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Multnomah County, OR 38 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Yamhill County, OR 41 km (25 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Clark County, WA 47 km (29 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Clark County
Columbia County, OR 57 km (35 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Clackamas County, OR 63 km (39 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Clackamas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 10 km WSW of Felida, Washington
  2. 1.6 4 km ENE of Lafayette, Oregon
  3. 1.5 4 km SSW of Aloha, Oregon
  4. 2.0 4 km N of Newberg, Oregon
  5. 1.7 4 km NE of Lafayette, Oregon
  6. 1.5 2 km WSW of Stafford, Oregon
  7. 2.0 5 km NW of North Portland, Oregon
  8. 2.1 1 km ESE of Banks, Oregon
  9. 1.7 9 km SSW of Saint Paul, Oregon
  10. 1.8 10 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  11. 1.6 3 km NNE of Washougal, Washington
  12. 1.6 16 km WNW of McMinnville, Oregon
  13. 1.7 4 km ENE of Lafayette, Oregon
  14. 2.2 0 km SE of Barberton, Washington
  15. 2.0 4 km NNE of Lafayette, 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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