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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2ml

4 km ESE of Black Butte Ranch, Oregon

· 10 km deep · released about 56 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Jefferson County 46 kmDeschutes County 58 kmLinn County 76 kmWasco County 96 kmMarion County 98 kmClackamas County 100 kmCrook County 100 kmLane County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Jefferson County, 46 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 97 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 56 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 270,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 190,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 17× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 56 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 44.3630, -121.6022. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Jefferson County, OR 46 km (29 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Deschutes County, OR 58 km (36 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Deschutes County
Linn County, OR 76 km (47 mi) E of here earthquakes near Linn County
Wasco County, OR 96 km (59 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Wasco County
Marion County, OR 98 km (61 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Marion County
Clackamas County, OR 100 km (62 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Clackamas County

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

Aftershocks so far

2 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

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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