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Earthquakes in Oregon

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Oregon was M 4.3, 18 km SE of Joseph, Oregon, at 11:42 pm PST on 9 November 2026, 12 km deep. 120 people reported feeling it to USGS. 2 smaller earthquakes have been recorded in Oregon since.

In the last 24 hours, 3 earthquakes of M1.5 or more were recorded in Oregon; the largest was M 4.3, 18 km SE of Joseph, Oregon, at 11:42 pm PST.

Last 24 hours
3
Last 7 days
7
Last 30 days
28 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 24
Last 12 months
352 · largest M 6.0 on 15 January 2026
Since 2016
3,155 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 4.5 on 29 November 2019, 3 km NNE of Port Orford, Oregon

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Oregon, where USGS names the state in the location

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4 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in Oregon. Normal for here is 4 to 8 in a week.

Compared against Oregon's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

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The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.7–M2.1), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Latest earthquakes in Oregon

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  1. 4.3 19 km ESE of Joseph, Oregon 3 km deep

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Largest on record in and around Oregon

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 4.5 3 km NNE of Port Orford, Oregon
M 4.4 16 km ESE of Lacomb, Oregon
M 4.3 19 km ESE of Joseph, Oregon
M 4.1 45 km E of Fort Bidwell, California
M 4.0 5 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon
M 3.9 6 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon
M 3.9 43 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
M 3.9 37 km SSE of Morton, Washington

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Oregon, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Before 2016: the largest in Oregon since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 9 earthquakes of M5 or more in and just off Oregon; the 8 largest:

  1. 6.0 27 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon
  2. 5.9 22 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon
  3. 5.6 4 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon
  4. 5.2 5 km E of Bridgeton, Oregon
  5. 5.1 15 km SE of Plush, Oregon
  6. 5.1 20 km WNW of Klamath Falls, Oregon
  7. 5.0 3 km ENE of Lakeview, Oregon
  8. 5.0 3 km SW of Portland, Oregon

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The busiest mapped faults in Oregon

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database and the QuakeIndex catalogue. Every major fault →

The most active counties in Oregon

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Columbia County 313 Quiet (0)
Washington County 214 Quiet (0)
Wallowa County 25 Too quiet to score

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Towns in Oregon with the most earthquakes named after them

Brookings 10 M2.5+ named after it · Rose Lodge 7 M2.5+ named after it · Mount Hood Village 6 M2.5+ named after it · Enterprise 5 M2.5+ named after it · Port Orford 5 M2.5+ named after it · Gold Beach 4 M2.5+ named after it · Newport 4 M2.5+ named after it · Baker City 4 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Counties in Oregon

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.