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Oregon Earthquake History
Since August 5, 1910, the USGS has recorded 659 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or greater in Oregon, 33 of them magnitude 6 or above. The strongest was M 7.0.
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Strongest in Oregon
M 7.0 · 136 km WSW of Brookings, OregonAugust 17, 1991M 6.9 · 103 km W of Pistol River, OregonJuly 13, 1991M 6.5 · 259 km W of Bandon, OregonMarch 13, 1985M 6.5 · 235 km W of Port Orford, OregonAugust 5, 1910M 6.4 · 213 km W of Port Orford, OregonAugust 20, 1952M 6.4 · off the coast of OregonSeptember 11, 1928M 6.3 · off the coast of OregonMay 8, 1968M 6.3 · 248 km W of Bandon, OregonOctober 27, 1994M 6.3 · off the coast of OregonJanuary 16, 2003M 6.3 · 242 km WNW of Bandon, OregonJanuary 10, 2008
All recorded earthquakes
M 5.2 mwwApril 29, 2021
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.4 mwwApril 29, 2021
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.9 mwwFebruary 20, 2021
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.1 mwwFebruary 20, 2021
290 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.7 mwwDecember 29, 2020
212 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mwrJune 17, 2020
144 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 22 km
M 4.9 mwwFebruary 19, 2020
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mbFebruary 8, 2020
203 km W of Langlois, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mbDecember 28, 2019
145 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mbDecember 28, 2019
144 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mlNovember 30, 2019
3 km NNE of Port Orford, Oregon · depth 17 km
M 5.2 mwOctober 28, 2019
130km W of Brookings, OR · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mbOctober 21, 2019
207 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.8 mwwOctober 17, 2019
151 km W of Port Orford, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.9 mwwSeptember 5, 2019
284 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 6.3 mwwAugust 29, 2019
285 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.4 mwwAugust 16, 2019
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.4 mwwJuly 17, 2019
227 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mwwJune 22, 2019
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mwwJune 22, 2019
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mwwJune 22, 2019
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mwwJune 22, 2019
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.9 mwwJune 22, 2019
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mwwApril 10, 2019
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mbNovember 16, 2018
184 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mbOctober 24, 2018
273 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mbAugust 22, 2018
260 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 6.2 mwwAugust 22, 2018
272 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mwwJuly 29, 2018
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.9 mwwJuly 24, 2018
222 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.6 mwwJuly 24, 2018
210 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.2 mwwJuly 24, 2018
194 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.9 mwwJuly 24, 2018
207 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mbMay 20, 2018
189 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.5 mwwJanuary 28, 2018
252 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mwwNovember 24, 2017
146 km W of Langlois, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mwwOctober 13, 2017
224 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mbAugust 27, 2017
297 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.8 mwwAugust 10, 2017
112 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.5 mwwNovember 28, 2016
214 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 30 km
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program. Older and smaller earthquakes are under-counted relative to recent decades as instrumentation improved. A record of past shaking is not a forecast. See About the Data.