Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
3 km SE of Rose Lodge, Oregon
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 44 km below the surface
- Felt
- 9 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Polk County, 37 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 54 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 250 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 61,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 43,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.8× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 250 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 44.9865, -123.8488. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County, OR | 37 km (23 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Polk County |
| Lincoln County, OR | 39 km (24 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Yamhill County, OR | 51 km (32 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Yamhill County |
| Tillamook County, OR | 53 km (33 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Tillamook County |
| Benton County, OR | 64 km (40 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Benton County |
| Washington County, OR | 86 km (54 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
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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