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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Prineville, OR

No earthquake was likely felt in Prineville in the 24 hours to 11:30 am PST (19:30 UTC). The last one was M 2.5, 6 km (4 mi) SW, at 9:02 am PDT on 28 May 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town.

M 2.5

Latest: 9:02 am PDT on 28 May 2026 · 6 km (4 mi) SW of Prineville, OR

The most recent earthquake near Prineville was M 2.5, 6 km (4 mi) SW of Prineville, OR, at 9:02 am PDT on 28 May 2026. The estimated shaking in Prineville was intensity III (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · since 2016, about one every 2 months
Last 12 months
2 · largest M 2.5 on 28 May 2026
Since 2016
72 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 2.8 on 14 December 2023, 6 km (4 mi) SW of Prineville, OR
Reported felt
9 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. 2.5 6 km (4 mi) SW of Prineville, OR
  2. 2.1 19 km (12 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  3. 2.2 6 km (4 mi) SW of Prineville, OR
  4. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) SE of Prineville, OR
  5. 2.7 6 km (4 mi) SW of Prineville, OR · felt by 8
  6. 2.4 6 km (4 mi) SW of Prineville, OR · felt by 1
  7. 1.5 18 km (11 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  8. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  9. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) NW of Prineville, OR · felt by 1
  10. 2.8 6 km (4 mi) SW of Prineville, OR · felt by 9
  11. 1.6 19 km (12 mi) NW of Prineville, OR
  12. 1.9 13 km (8 mi) NNW of Prineville, OR
  13. 1.8 13 km (8 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  14. 1.9 9 km (6 mi) SW of Prineville, OR
  15. 1.9 17 km (11 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  16. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  17. 2.1 9 km (6 mi) SW of Prineville, OR
  18. 1.8 20 km (12 mi) W of Prineville, OR
  19. 1.6 36 km (22 mi) SSE of Prineville, OR
  20. 2.0 21 km (13 mi) NW of Prineville, OR
  21. 2.3 7 km (4 mi) SW of Prineville, OR
  22. 1.7 20 km (13 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  23. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  24. 2.1 4 km (3 mi) ENE of Prineville, OR
  25. 2.3 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Prineville, OR
  26. 1.9 17 km (11 mi) NW of Prineville, OR
  27. 2.3 8 km (5 mi) SW of Prineville, OR
  28. 1.8 18 km (11 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  29. 2.0 5 km (3 mi) SSW of Prineville, OR
  30. 2.0 21 km (13 mi) NW of Prineville, OR
  31. 1.7 25 km (15 mi) W of Prineville, OR
  32. 1.9 19 km (12 mi) NW of Prineville, OR
  33. 1.9 19 km (12 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  34. 2.3 8 km (5 mi) NE of Prineville, OR
  35. 1.9 18 km (11 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  36. 2.0 49 km (30 mi) E of Prineville, OR
  37. 1.8 21 km (13 mi) NW of Prineville, OR · felt by 1
  38. 2.2 7 km (5 mi) SE of Prineville, OR
  39. 1.6 18 km (11 mi) W of Prineville, OR
  40. 2.3 in Prineville, OR
  41. 1.8 6 km (4 mi) W of Prineville, OR
  42. 1.7 8 km (5 mi) W of Prineville, OR
  43. 2.0 6 km (4 mi) W of Prineville, OR · felt by 2
  44. 2.1 9 km (6 mi) NNE of Prineville, OR
  45. 2.1 6 km (4 mi) W of Prineville, OR
  46. 2.2 4 km (2 mi) NE of Prineville, OR · felt by 1
  47. 2.1 4 km (3 mi) W of Prineville, OR
  48. 1.7 17 km (11 mi) WNW of Prineville, OR
  49. 2.0 4 km (2 mi) N of Prineville, OR · felt by 1
  50. 2.2 6 km (4 mi) W of Prineville, OR · felt by 1

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 Prineville time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Prineville are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Prineville

The strongest shaking in Prineville from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 2.8 on 14 December 2023, 6 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 Prineville (est.)
M 2.8 6 kmIII · Weak · felt by 9
M 2.7 6 kmIII · Weak · felt by 8
M 2.5 6 kmIII · Weak
M 2.3 1 kmIII · Weak
M 2.4 6 kmIII · Weak · felt by 1

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 Prineville.

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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