29 km W of Waldport, Oregon

2024-07-26 11:43 UTC · 27 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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: 2024-07-26 11:43 UTC
Magnitude: M 2.3 (ml)
Depth: 27 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Lincoln County, 47 km ENE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 794 days ago · we first saw it 794 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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

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Epicentre 44.4333, -124.4347. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Lincoln County, OR	47 km (30 mi)	WSW of here	earthquakes near Lincoln County
Benton County, OR	80 km (50 mi)	W of here	earthquakes near Benton County
Polk County, OR	97 km (60 mi)	WSW of here	earthquakes near Polk County
Tillamook County, OR	126 km (78 mi)	SSW of here	earthquakes near Tillamook County
Yamhill County, OR	126 km (79 mi)	SW of here	earthquakes near Yamhill County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.9 62 km W of Yachats, Oregon 03:08 UTC
2.2 32 km W of Yachats, Oregon 22:14 UTC
1.7 24 km W of Newport, Oregon 15:30 UTC
1.8 22 km WNW of Newport, Oregon 14:22 UTC
1.6 9 km NW of Waldport, Oregon 16:40 UTC
2.5 40 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon 06:20 UTC
2.6 20 km W of Newport, Oregon 19:38 UTC
1.6 24 km W of Newport, Oregon 15:40 UTC
1.8 25 km W of Newport, Oregon 01:37 UTC
1.6 24 km W of Newport, Oregon 12:25 UTC
1.7 29 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon 11:34 UTC
1.7 37 km W of Yachats, Oregon 10:53 UTC
1.9 51 km W of Yachats, Oregon 23:47 UTC
1.9 3 km NW of Yachats, Oregon 03:59 UTC
2.2 25 km W of Newport, Oregon 02:03 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 08:16 UTC. 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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