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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9ml

24 km WNW of Sunriver, Oregon

· 3.5 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Deschutes County 39 kmJefferson County 84 kmLinn County 86 kmLane County 96 kmCrook County 108 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
3.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Deschutes County, 39 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 213 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 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 420,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 38× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 43.9933, -121.7017. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Deschutes County, OR 39 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Deschutes County
Jefferson County, OR 84 km (52 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Linn County, OR 86 km (54 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Linn County
Lane County, OR 96 km (60 mi) E of here earthquakes near Lane County
Crook County, OR 108 km (67 mi) W of here earthquakes near Crook County
Marion County, OR 122 km (76 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Marion County

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

Aftershocks so far

9 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. 1.7 3 km SW of Tumalo, Oregon
  7. 1.7 10 km E of La Pine, Oregon
  8. 2.1 2 km ESE of Tumalo, Oregon
  9. 1.6 2 km SW of Tumalo, 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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