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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3ml

4 km NNW of Bend, Oregon

· -1.3 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Deschutes County 22 kmJefferson County 63 kmCrook County 78 kmLinn County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
-1.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Deschutes County, 22 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 675 days ago

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

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. 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

Epicentre 44.0912, -121.3413. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Deschutes County, OR 22 km (13 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Deschutes County
Jefferson County, OR 63 km (39 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Crook County, OR 78 km (48 mi) W of here earthquakes near Crook County
Linn County, OR 105 km (65 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Linn County
Wasco County, OR 120 km (75 mi) S of here earthquakes near Wasco County
Wheeler County, OR 127 km (79 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Wheeler County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 3 km WSW of Tumalo, Oregon
  2. 2.1 4 km NNW of Bend, Oregon
  3. 1.5 17 km ESE of Sunriver, Oregon
  4. 2.2 4 km ESE of Black Butte Ranch, Oregon
  5. 2.0 6 km SW of Tumalo, Oregon
  6. 2.5 5 km SW of Prineville, Oregon
  7. 1.7 3 km SW of Tumalo, Oregon
  8. 1.7 10 km E of La Pine, Oregon
  9. 2.1 2 km ESE of Tumalo, Oregon
  10. 1.6 2 km SW of Tumalo, Oregon
  11. 1.9 24 km WNW of Sunriver, Oregon
  12. 1.6 24 km WNW of Sunriver, Oregon
  13. 2.1 11 km ENE of Terrebonne, Oregon
  14. 1.5 21 km E of La Pine, Oregon
  15. 2.2 5 km NW of Bend, 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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