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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Bend, OR

No earthquake was likely felt in Bend in the 24 hours to 1:13 pm PST (21:13 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 9 km (6 mi) NNW, at 1:47 pm PDT on 31 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town.

M 0.5

Latest: 8:25 am PST on 1 November 2026 · 43 km (27 mi) W of Bend, OR

The most recent earthquake near Bend was M 0.5, 43 km (27 mi) W of Bend, OR, at 8:25 am PST on 1 November 2026, 6 km deep.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of Bend in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · since 2016, about one every 3 months
Last 12 months
8 · largest M 2.2 on 5 December 2025
Since 2016
51 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 2.5 on 23 July 2025, 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Bend, OR
Reported felt
8 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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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. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 50

  1. 0.5 43 km (27 mi) W of Bend, OR
  2. 1.9 9 km (6 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  3. 2.1 4 km (3 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  4. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) SSE of Bend, OR
  5. 2.2 41 km (25 mi) NW of Bend, OR
  6. 2.0 9 km (6 mi) NW of Bend, OR
  7. 1.7 8 km (5 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  8. 2.1 10 km (6 mi) N of Bend, OR
  9. 1.6 9 km (5 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  10. 2.2 5 km (3 mi) NW of Bend, OR
  11. 2.5 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Bend, OR · felt by 7
  12. 1.8 10 km (6 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  13. 1.9 7 km (4 mi) SE of Bend, OR
  14. 1.6 32 km (20 mi) ESE of Bend, OR
  15. 1.7 7 km (4 mi) SE of Bend, OR
  16. 2.3 4 km (3 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  17. 2.2 7 km (5 mi) NW of Bend, OR
  18. 1.6 9 km (6 mi) N of Bend, OR
  19. 1.6 17 km (10 mi) S of Bend, OR
  20. 2.2 7 km (4 mi) NW of Bend, OR
  21. 1.9 7 km (4 mi) SE of Bend, OR
  22. 2.0 8 km (5 mi) NW of Bend, OR
  23. 2.0 7 km (4 mi) SE of Bend, OR
  24. 2.0 33 km (21 mi) E of Bend, OR
  25. 1.9 8 km (5 mi) SE of Bend, OR
  26. 1.9 32 km (20 mi) ESE of Bend, OR
  27. 2.0 5 km (3 mi) NNW of Bend, OR · felt by 2
  28. 2.1 7 km (4 mi) WNW of Bend, OR · felt by 1
  29. 2.3 28 km (17 mi) SSW of Bend, OR
  30. 2.3 6 km (4 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  31. 1.7 7 km (4 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  32. 2.2 33 km (20 mi) ESE of Bend, OR
  33. 1.8 7 km (4 mi) SE of Bend, OR
  34. 2.1 13 km (8 mi) E of Bend, OR · felt by 2
  35. 1.9 5 km (3 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  36. 1.6 6 km (3 mi) SSE of Bend, OR
  37. 1.9 7 km (4 mi) SE of Bend, OR
  38. 2.0 7 km (4 mi) SE of Bend, OR · felt by 1
  39. 1.9 6 km (4 mi) NNW of Bend, OR · felt by 1
  40. 2.3 35 km (22 mi) ESE of Bend, OR
  41. 2.3 7 km (4 mi) SE of Bend, OR
  42. 1.9 6 km (3 mi) NW of Bend, OR
  43. 1.6 5 km (3 mi) NNW of Bend, OR
  44. 1.8 4 km (3 mi) NW of Bend, OR
  45. 2.1 22 km (14 mi) SSW of Bend, OR
  46. 2.1 26 km (16 mi) N of Bend, OR
  47. 1.8 8 km (5 mi) SE of Bend, OR
  48. 1.6 10 km (6 mi) WSW of Bend, OR
  49. 1.5 9 km (6 mi) ENE of Bend, OR
  50. 2.1 31 km (19 mi) ESE of Bend, OR

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Bend time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Bend are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is Bend; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Bend

The strongest shaking in Bend from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 2.3 on 21 November 2024, 4 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in Bend (est.)
M 2.3 4 kmIII · Weak
M 2.3 6 kmIII · Weak
M 2.3 7 kmII · Weak
M 2.2 5 kmII · Weak
M 2.2 7 kmII · Weak

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Bend.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

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.

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