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M 4.6mb

207 km W of Bandon, Oregon

Yes. A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was recorded 207 km W of Bandon, Oregon at 13:47 UTC on 2019-10-21, 10 km deep. 13 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

· 10 km deep · released about 120 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.6 (mb)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
13 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2506 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 149 km (93 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 1,400× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.6 about 120 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 250× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.5 on 2016-11-28 — about 22 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 43.2877, -126.9562. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Aftershocks so far

57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 3.1 off the coast of Oregon
  2. 3.4 Off the coast of Oregon
  3. 3.5 Off the coast of Oregon
  4. 3.2 169 km W of Langlois, Oregon
  5. 3.9 225 km W of Bandon, Oregon
  6. 3.3 188 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon
  7. 2.8 207 km W of Langlois, Oregon
  8. 3.1 off the coast of Oregon
  9. 2.9 221 km W of Bandon, Oregon
  10. 2.8 180 km WNW of Port Orford, Oregon
  11. 2.8 181 km W of Port Orford, Oregon
  12. 3.0 237 km W of Bandon, Oregon
  13. 3.9 191 km W of Bandon, Oregon
  14. 2.8 188 km W of Langlois, Oregon
  15. 2.9 189 km W of Port Orford, Oregon

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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