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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

15 km SSE of Rose Lodge, Oregon

· 17 km deep · released about 8.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 29 kmPolk County 30 kmBenton County 52 kmYamhill County 54 kmTillamook County 63 kmWashington County 92 kmMarion County 95 kmLinn County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
17 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 29 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 693 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 44.8857, -123.7833. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, OR 29 km (18 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Polk County, OR 30 km (19 mi) W of here earthquakes near Polk County
Benton County, OR 52 km (32 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Benton County
Yamhill County, OR 54 km (34 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Tillamook County, OR 63 km (39 mi) S of here earthquakes near Tillamook County
Washington County, OR 92 km (57 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 2 km ENE of Blodgett, Oregon
  2. 1.9 3 km S of Fort Hill, Oregon
  3. 2.6 3 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
  4. 1.8 22 km WNW of Newport, Oregon
  5. 1.8 4 km ENE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  6. 1.6 4 km NE of Falls City, Oregon
  7. 1.9 7 km SE of Toledo, Oregon
  8. 1.5 2 km NW of Sheridan, Oregon
  9. 1.8 8 km W of Falls City, Oregon
  10. 1.6 6 km NNW of Philomath, Oregon
  11. 1.6 5 km W of Dallas, Oregon
  12. 1.7 9 km WSW of Falls City, Oregon
  13. 2.2 9 km E of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  14. 1.6 3 km S of Fort Hill, Oregon
  15. 1.8 6 km NNW of Philomath, 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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