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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

3 km NW of Yachats, Oregon

· 15 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 39 kmBenton County 60 kmPolk County 86 kmLane County 109 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 1.9 (ml)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 39 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 452 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 44.3322, -124.1397. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, OR 39 km (24 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Benton County, OR 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Benton County
Polk County, OR 86 km (54 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Lane County, OR 109 km (68 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lane County
Yamhill County, OR 121 km (75 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Douglas County, OR 141 km (87 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Douglas 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. 2.2 32 km W of Yachats, Oregon
  2. 1.7 24 km W of Newport, Oregon
  3. 1.8 22 km WNW of Newport, Oregon
  4. 1.6 9 km NW of Waldport, Oregon
  5. 1.6 29 km NE of Florence, Oregon
  6. 2.5 40 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  7. 2.6 20 km W of Newport, Oregon
  8. 1.9 7 km SE of Toledo, Oregon
  9. 1.6 24 km W of Newport, Oregon
  10. 1.8 25 km W of Newport, Oregon
  11. 1.6 24 km W of Newport, Oregon
  12. 1.7 29 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  13. 1.7 37 km W of Yachats, Oregon
  14. 1.7 10 km S of Alsea, 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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