Event status: disregarded [?]

Reported seismic-like event (likely no quake): 6.7 mi southeast of Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA, Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 9:14 pm (GMT -7) -

18 May 04:26 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 13 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 18, 2022 04:14:00 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 9:14 pm (GMT -7)
Status	disregarded
Magnitude	unknown (3?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	45.46492°N / 122.56582°W (Multnomah, Oregon, United States)
Antipode	45.465°S / 57.434°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	West Crater (60 km / 37 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	3 km (2 mi) NW of Happy Valley (pop: 18,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 6 km (4 mi) ENE of Milwaukee (pop: 20,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 10 km (6 mi) ENE of Lake Oswego (pop: 38,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) SE of Portland (pop: 632,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 11 km (7 mi) WSW of Eugene (pop: 110,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) E of Beaverton (pop: 96,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Vancouver (Washington) (pop: 172,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 69 km (43 mi) NNE of Salem (Oregon) (pop: 164,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 13.6°C (56 F), humidity: 64%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from SSE
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Portland Oregon (0 km NE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : I live in an apartment and at first thought my downstairs neighbors had an off balance washing machine with the shaking/vibrating and then it subsided.

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