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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

3 km SE of Canby, Oregon

· 19 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clackamas County 38 kmMultnomah County 39 kmMarion County 39 kmWashington County 48 kmYamhill County 51 kmClark County 60 kmPolk County 69 kmColumbia County 84 kmHood River County 84 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clackamas County, 38 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 873 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 8.7 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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 45.2445, -122.6633. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clackamas County, OR 38 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Multnomah County, OR 39 km (24 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Marion County, OR 39 km (24 mi) N of here earthquakes near Marion County
Washington County, OR 48 km (30 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Yamhill County, OR 51 km (32 mi) E of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Clark County, WA 60 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 3 km WSW of Dundee, Oregon
  2. 1.5 5 km E of Beavercreek, Oregon
  3. 2.1 7 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  4. 1.5 4 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  5. 1.5 1 km SSE of Hubbard, Oregon
  6. 1.8 5 km N of West Haven, Oregon
  7. 1.8 8 km ESE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  8. 1.7 4 km NNE of Lafayette, Oregon
  9. 1.6 6 km SSE of Molalla, Oregon
  10. 1.6 10 km WSW of Felida, Washington
  11. 1.6 4 km ENE of Lafayette, Oregon
  12. 1.5 27 km NNE of Gates, Oregon
  13. 1.5 4 km SSW of Aloha, Oregon
  14. 2.0 4 km N of Newberg, Oregon
  15. 1.7 4 km NE 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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