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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 5.4 mwcJune 29, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.2 mwcJune 14, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.2 mwcJune 2, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.1 mwcMay 24, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mbMay 6, 2008
162 km W of Langlois, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.1 mwcMay 4, 2008
158 km W of Langlois, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mbApril 24, 2008
154 km W of Langlois, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.1 mwcApril 14, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.5 mwcApril 12, 2008
266 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mwcApril 10, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.2 mwcApril 2, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.7 mwcMarch 15, 2008
195 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.9 mbMarch 3, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mbMarch 3, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.1 mbMarch 3, 2008
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 6.3 mwcJanuary 10, 2008
242 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon · depth 13 km
M 4.7 mbDecember 16, 2007
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.0 mwcNovember 19, 2007
254 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.8 mwcNovember 19, 2007
248 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.0 mwcOctober 10, 2007
289 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mwcJuly 28, 2007
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.0 mwcJuly 28, 2007
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mbJuly 28, 2007
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mwcJuly 27, 2007
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.3 mwcJuly 27, 2007
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.2 mwcJuly 27, 2007
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.8 mwcApril 29, 2007
206 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 6 km
M 5.2 mwcFebruary 14, 2007
250 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.0 mwcFebruary 11, 2007
243 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mwcJanuary 31, 2007
202 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.8 mwcJanuary 31, 2007
193 km WSW of Port Orford, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mbSeptember 22, 2006
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.8 mwcAugust 31, 2006
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.9 mwcMay 27, 2006
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.5 mbMarch 25, 2006
off the coast of Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.0 mwMarch 25, 2006
130 km W of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 11 km
M 5.1 mwcMarch 25, 2006
151 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.6 mbMarch 9, 2006
127 km W of Gold Beach, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 5.6 mwbJanuary 11, 2006
235 km W of Bandon, Oregon · depth 10 km
M 4.7 mbAugust 4, 2005
154 km W of Langlois, Oregon · depth 10 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.