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explosion · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

4 km ENE of Lincoln Beach, Oregon

· -0.4 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 26 kmPolk County 47 kmBenton County 61 kmYamhill County 68 kmTillamook County 68 kmWashington County 104 kmMarion County 111 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 1.8 (ml)
Depth
-0.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lincoln County, 26 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 150 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 17 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 44.8648, -123.9882. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, OR 26 km (16 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Polk County, OR 47 km (29 mi) W of here earthquakes near Polk County
Benton County, OR 61 km (38 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Benton County
Yamhill County, OR 68 km (42 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Tillamook County, OR 68 km (42 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Tillamook County
Washington County, OR 104 km (64 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 2 km ENE of Blodgett, Oregon
  2. 1.9 3 km S of Fort Hill, Oregon
  3. 2.6 3 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
  4. 1.5 31 km W of Neskowin, Oregon
  5. 1.7 24 km W of Newport, Oregon
  6. 1.8 22 km WNW of Newport, Oregon
  7. 1.6 9 km NW of Waldport, 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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