Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.8ml
Earthquake near Brookings, OR
USGS: 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
- When
- 11:13 pm PST on 21 February 2025 ()
- Where
- 25 km (15 mi) N of Brookings, OR · earthquakes near Brookings
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Curry County, 23 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 514 days ago
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 25 km (15 mi) N of Brookings, OR, at 11:13 pm PST on 21 February 2025 (07:13 UTC). 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Gold Beach, Harbor.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 460 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 33,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 23,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.1× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 460 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 42.2753, -124.3183. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curry County, OR | 23 km (14 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Curry County |
| Josephine County, OR | 63 km (39 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Josephine County |
| Del Norte County, CA | 65 km (40 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Del Norte County |
| Coos County, OR | 103 km (64 mi) | N | earthquakes near Coos County |
| Douglas County, OR | 147 km (91 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Douglas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
32 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 0.7 17 km W of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.6 23 km WSW of Brookings, Oregon
- 1.7 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
- 2.3 7 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.9 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.6 7 km ESE of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.6 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.8 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.6 8 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.8 10 km NNE of Nesika Beach, Oregon
- 1.7 7 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.8 15 km SSW of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.9 7 km NE of Harbor, Oregon
- 3.0 6 km E of Pistol River, Oregon
- 1.7 12 km SSE of Port Orford, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.