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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

2 km WSW of Stafford, Oregon

· -0.2 km deep · released about 7.8 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Multnomah County 34 kmWashington County 35 kmYamhill County 46 kmClackamas County 48 kmMarion County 51 kmClark County 52 kmColumbia County 71 kmPolk County 71 kmTillamook County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
-0.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Multnomah County, 34 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 202 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.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.8 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 45.3467, -122.7513. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Multnomah County, OR 34 km (21 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Multnomah County
Washington County, OR 35 km (22 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Washington County
Yamhill County, OR 46 km (28 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Clackamas County, OR 48 km (30 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Clackamas County
Marion County, OR 51 km (32 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Marion County
Clark County, WA 52 km (32 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.2 13 km SE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  2. 2.0 10 km SSE of Scappoose, Oregon
  3. 2.1 8 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  4. 1.6 5 km SSE of Molalla, Oregon
  5. 2.0 2 km SE of Amity, Oregon
  6. 1.9 1 km SE of Vancouver, Washington
  7. 1.5 9 km ESE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  8. 1.6 7 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon
  9. 2.0 7 km WNW of McMinnville, Oregon
  10. 1.5 5 km WNW of King City, Oregon
  11. 1.7 7 km ESE of Amity, Oregon
  12. 1.5 4 km WNW of Camas, Washington
  13. 2.0 2 km WNW of Dundee, Oregon
  14. 2.1 10 km NNE of Sandy, Oregon
  15. 1.7 8 km S of Molalla, 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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