explosion · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Turner, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Turner in the 24 hours to 7:56 pm PST (03:56 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 30 km (19 mi) NNW, at 7:58 am PST on 23 November 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 228 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Turner
No: USGS classifies this as a explosion, not an earthquake. A magnitude 1.7 explosion was recorded in Turner, OR, at 12:45 pm PDT on 12 July 2024 (19:45 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 1 km SSE of Turner, Oregon
12 km (7 mi) SSE of Salem, OR
- When
- 12:45 pm PDT on 12 July 2024 ()
- Where
- in Turner, OR · earthquakes near Turner
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- -0.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Marion County, 30 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 853 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. 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: Aumsville, Four Corners, Sublimity, Stayton, Jefferson, Salem.
USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2022-10-07 — about 9,400 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.6 4 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 35 km NE 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 44.8313, -122.9488. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion County, OR | 30 km (19 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Marion County |
| Polk County, OR | 36 km (23 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Polk County |
| Linn County, OR | 50 km (31 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Linn County |
| Benton County, OR | 53 km (33 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Benton County |
| Yamhill County, OR | 55 km (34 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Yamhill County |
| Clackamas County, OR | 70 km (43 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Clackamas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.2 5 km SE of Amity, Oregon
- 1.6 6 km S of Dayton, Oregon
- 1.6 6 km NNW of Philomath, Oregon
- 1.6 6 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
- 1.6 5 km W of Dallas, Oregon
- 1.6 4 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
- 1.8 6 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
- 1.8 3 km W of Mehama, Oregon
- 2.0 3 km WSW of Dundee, Oregon
- 2.1 7 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
- 1.5 4 km SSW of Scotts Mills, Oregon
- 1.5 1 km SSE of Hubbard, Oregon
- 2.0 4 km N of Sweet Home, Oregon
- 1.8 8 km ESE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
- 1.6 6 km SSE 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.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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