QuakeIndex

Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Lafayette, OR

No earthquake was likely felt in Lafayette in the 24 hours to 12:05 pm PST (20:05 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 14 km (9 mi) W, at 1:34 pm PDT on 12 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town.

M 3.2

Latest: 7:58 am PST on 23 November 2025 · 19 km (12 mi) S of Lafayette, OR

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Lafayette was M 3.2, 19 km (12 mi) S of Lafayette, OR, at 7:58 am PST on 23 November 2025, 15 km deep. 228 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Lafayette was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 9 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Lafayette since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · since 2016, about one every 1 months
Last 12 months
11 · largest M 3.2 on 23 November 2025
Since 2016
101 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.2 on 23 November 2025, 19 km (12 mi) S of Lafayette, OR
Reported felt
17 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Mount Angel fault, 26 km from its surface trace

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

If you felt one

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.

The last 30 days

Oct 14 Oct 29 Nov 12
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. 1.2 4 km (3 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR
  2. 1.1 4 km (3 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR
  3. 2.0 17 km (11 mi) SSW of Lafayette, OR
  4. 2.0 14 km (9 mi) W of Lafayette, OR
  5. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR
  6. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) S of Lafayette, OR
  7. 2.0 8 km (5 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR
  8. 1.9 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Lafayette, OR
  9. 2.1 5 km (3 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR
  10. 1.5 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Lafayette, OR
  11. 1.7 15 km (10 mi) SSW of Lafayette, OR
  12. 3.2 19 km (12 mi) S of Lafayette, OR · felt by 228
  13. 1.6 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Lafayette, OR
  14. 1.9 5 km (3 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR
  15. 2.0 5 km (3 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR
  16. 1.5 26 km (16 mi) ESE of Lafayette, OR
  17. 1.7 5 km (3 mi) NNE of Lafayette, OR
  18. 1.6 4 km (3 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR
  19. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR
  20. 2.0 15 km (9 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR · felt by 4
  21. 1.7 5 km (3 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR
  22. 1.7 13 km (8 mi) SSE of Lafayette, OR
  23. 1.6 22 km (14 mi) W of Lafayette, OR
  24. 1.7 4 km (3 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR
  25. 2.0 5 km (3 mi) NNE of Lafayette, OR
  26. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR
  27. 1.6 5 km (3 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR
  28. 1.5 22 km (14 mi) SW of Lafayette, OR · felt by 1
  29. 1.6 10 km (6 mi) S of Lafayette, OR
  30. 1.7 4 km (3 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR
  31. 1.7 25 km (15 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR
  32. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR
  33. 1.7 20 km (12 mi) S of Lafayette, OR
  34. 1.8 30 km (18 mi) ESE of Lafayette, OR
  35. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR
  36. 1.8 21 km (13 mi) S of Lafayette, OR · felt by 1
  37. 1.6 28 km (18 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR
  38. 1.5 11 km (7 mi) SSW of Lafayette, OR
  39. 1.5 18 km (11 mi) NW of Lafayette, OR
  40. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR · felt by 1
  41. 1.9 10 km (6 mi) ESE of Lafayette, OR
  42. 1.6 20 km (12 mi) WSW of Lafayette, OR
  43. 1.9 20 km (13 mi) WSW of Lafayette, OR
  44. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) NE of Lafayette, OR · felt by 5
  45. 2.4 21 km (13 mi) WSW of Lafayette, OR
  46. 1.6 4 km (2 mi) WNW of Lafayette, OR · felt by 1
  47. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Lafayette, OR · felt by 1
  48. 1.8 3 km (2 mi) ESE of Lafayette, OR · felt by 1
  49. 1.6 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Lafayette, OR
  50. 1.6 9 km (6 mi) S of Lafayette, 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 Lafayette time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Lafayette are listed even when they are further out.

Show these earthquakes on your own site: a free card with the latest quakes near Lafayette, for a local news site, school or neighborhood page.

On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Lafayette

The strongest shaking in Lafayette from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity II (weak), from the M 2.1 on 9 January 2026, 5 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 Lafayette (est.)
M 2.1 5 kmII · Weak
M 2.0 5 kmII · Weak
M 2.0 5 kmII · Weak
M 1.9 4 kmII · Weak
M 3.2 19 kmII · Weak · felt by 228

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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Lafayette:

  1. 5.6 4 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 46 km ESE of Lafayette
  2. 5.0 3 km SW of Portland, Oregon · 43 km NE of Lafayette

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

Nearest mapped faults

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.

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.

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.