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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9ml

14 km W of Pistol River, Oregon

· 21 km deep · released about 780 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Curry County 37 kmDel Norte County 75 kmJosephine County 83 kmCoos County 110 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
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Curry County, 37 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 673 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 780 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 14,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 780 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 42.2597, -124.5663. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Curry County, OR 37 km (23 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Curry County
Del Norte County, CA 75 km (46 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Del Norte County
Josephine County, OR 83 km (52 mi) W of here earthquakes near Josephine County
Coos County, OR 110 km (68 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Coos County
Douglas County, OR 162 km (101 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Douglas County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.7 17 km W of Pistol River, Oregon
  2. 1.6 23 km WSW of Brookings, Oregon
  3. 1.7 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  4. 2.3 7 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  5. 1.9 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  6. 1.6 7 km ESE of Pistol River, Oregon
  7. 1.6 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  8. 1.8 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  9. 1.6 8 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  10. 1.8 10 km NNE of Nesika Beach, Oregon
  11. 1.5 58 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon
  12. 1.7 7 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
  13. 1.8 15 km SSW of Pistol River, Oregon
  14. 1.9 7 km NE of Harbor, Oregon
  15. 3.0 6 km E of Pistol River, 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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