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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Siletz, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Siletz in the 24 hours to 5:14 pm PST (01:14 UTC). The last one was M 5.9, 306 km (190 mi) WSW, at 11:45 pm PDT on 25 September 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 29 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Siletz
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded in Siletz, OR, at 7:19 am PDT on 7 April 2025 (14:19 UTC), 37 km deep.
USGS: 1 km W of Siletz, Oregon
55 km (34 mi) WNW of Corvallis, OR · 136 km (84 mi) SW of Portland, OR
- When
- 7:19 am PDT on 7 April 2025 ()
- Where
- in Siletz, OR · earthquakes near Siletz
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 37 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 9 km SSE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Cascadia fold and fault belt, 15 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 584 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Agate Beach, Toledo, Newport, Depoe Bay, Lincoln Beach, Lincoln City.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9 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 44.7205, -123.9372. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, OR | 9 km (6 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Polk County, OR | 47 km (29 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Polk County |
| Benton County, OR | 48 km (30 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Benton County |
| Yamhill County, OR | 76 km (47 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Yamhill County |
| Tillamook County, OR | 83 km (52 mi) | N | earthquakes near Tillamook County |
| Marion County, OR | 109 km (68 mi) | E | earthquakes near Marion County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
31 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 7 km NNW of Philomath, Oregon
- 1.3 3 km ESE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 1.4 4 km ESE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 1.4 2 km NNW of Falls City, Oregon
- 1.8 2 km ENE of Blodgett, Oregon
- 1.9 3 km S of Fort Hill, Oregon
- 2.6 3 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- 1.7 24 km W of Newport, Oregon
- 1.8 22 km WNW of Newport, Oregon
- 1.6 9 km NW of Waldport, Oregon
- 1.8 4 km ENE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
- 2.6 20 km W of Newport, Oregon
- 1.6 4 km NE of Falls City, Oregon
- 1.9 7 km SE of Toledo, Oregon
- 1.6 24 km W of Newport, 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
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