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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

26 km WNW of Lincoln City, Oregon

· 42 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 57 kmTillamook County 63 kmPolk County 75 kmYamhill County 82 kmBenton County 95 kmWashington County 111 kmClatsop County 118 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 2.5 (md)
Depth
42 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Lincoln County, 57 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 396 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 75,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 140 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 45.0572, -124.3295. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, OR 57 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Tillamook County, OR 63 km (39 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Tillamook County
Polk County, OR 75 km (47 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Yamhill County, OR 82 km (51 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Benton County, OR 95 km (59 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Benton County
Washington County, OR 111 km (69 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 3 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
  2. 1.5 31 km W of Neskowin, Oregon
  3. 1.7 24 km W of Newport, Oregon
  4. 1.8 22 km WNW of Newport, Oregon
  5. 1.8 4 km ENE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  6. 2.5 49 km WNW of Lincoln City, Oregon
  7. 2.6 20 km W of Newport, Oregon
  8. 2.2 62 km W of Depoe Bay, Oregon
  9. 2.0 32 km W of Neskowin, Oregon
  10. 1.6 24 km W of Newport, Oregon
  11. 1.8 25 km W of Newport, Oregon
  12. 2.2 9 km E of Lincoln Beach, Oregon
  13. 2.1 43 km W of Neskowin, Oregon
  14. 2.0 5 km NE of Lincoln Beach, 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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