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M 1.8ml

Earthquake near Hubbard, OR

No earthquake was likely felt in Hubbard in the 24 hours to 3:27 pm PST (23:27 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 30 km (19 mi) WSW, at 7:58 am PST on 23 November 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 228 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Hubbard

This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) east of Hubbard, OR, at 4:43 am PDT on 13 June 2024 (11:43 UTC), 20 km deep.

USGS: 4 km E of Hubbard, Oregon

40 km (25 mi) S of Portland, OR · 27 km (17 mi) S of Tigard, OR

4:43 am PDT, Jun 13, 2024 · · 20 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Marion County 34 kmClackamas County 43 kmYamhill County 45 kmMultnomah County 48 kmWashington County 50 kmPolk County 60 kmClark County 69 kmLinn County 79 kmTillamook County 85 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:43 am PDT on 13 June 2024 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) east of Hubbard, OR · earthquakes near Hubbard
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Marion County, 34 km SSE
Nearest mapped fault
Mount Angel fault, 11 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 882 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Hubbard, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Donald, Woodburn, Canby, Mount Angel, Wilsonville, Mulino.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 730,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 65× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.6 4 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 20 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 5 km E of Bridgeton, Oregon · 48 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 3 km SW of Portland, Oregon · 36 km N of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 45.1805, -122.7478. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Marion County, OR 34 km (21 mi) SSE earthquakes near Marion County
Clackamas County, OR 43 km (27 mi) E earthquakes near Clackamas County
Yamhill County, OR 45 km (28 mi) W earthquakes near Yamhill County
Multnomah County, OR 48 km (30 mi) NNE earthquakes near Multnomah County
Washington County, OR 50 km (31 mi) NNW earthquakes near Washington County
Polk County, OR 60 km (37 mi) WSW earthquakes near Polk County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 4 km NE of Lafayette, Oregon
  2. 1.8 7 km SSE of Molalla, Oregon
  3. 1.7 2 km E of Amity, Oregon
  4. 3.2 5 km SE of Amity, Oregon
  5. 1.6 6 km S of Dayton, Oregon
  6. 1.6 6 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  7. 1.9 4 km NE of Lafayette, Oregon
  8. 1.6 4 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  9. 1.8 6 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  10. 1.8 3 km W of Mehama, Oregon
  11. 2.0 3 km WSW of Dundee, Oregon
  12. 1.5 5 km E of Beavercreek, Oregon
  13. 2.1 7 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  14. 1.5 4 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  15. 1.5 1 km SSE of Hubbard, 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.

On USGS

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