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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2ml

58 km W of Oceanside, Oregon

· 30 km deep · released about 69 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Tillamook County 75 kmClatsop County 98 kmYamhill County 113 kmLincoln County 114 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 2.2 (ml)
Depth
30 km below the surface
Felt
1 report
Nearest
Tillamook County, 75 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 92 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 69 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 5.8 220,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 69 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 45.4965, -124.7150. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Tillamook County, OR 75 km (46 mi) W of here earthquakes near Tillamook County
Clatsop County, OR 98 km (61 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Clatsop County
Yamhill County, OR 113 km (70 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Yamhill County
Lincoln County, OR 114 km (71 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Polk County, OR 123 km (76 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Wahkiakum County, WA 134 km (83 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Wahkiakum County

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

Aftershocks so far

1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.5 81 km W of Neskowin, 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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