Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 6.0mww
267 km W of Bandon, Oregon
Yes. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake was recorded 267 km W of Bandon, Oregon at 20:15 UTC on 2024-10-30, 10 km deep. 132 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 6.0 (mww)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- 132 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Tsunami
- USGS flagged this event for tsunami evaluation. Follow tsunami.gov for official messages.
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 379 days ago
This was a strong earthquake. Damage is likely near the epicentre and it is felt over a wide area.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 347 km (216 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 15 kilotons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 7.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Ridgecrest, California 2019 M 7.1 45× the energy of this one
- Loma Prieta, California 1989 M 6.9 22× the energy of this one
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 6.0 about 15 kilotons of TNT
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 this one released 2× more
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 this one released 2.8× 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 6.3 on 2019-08-29 — about 2.8 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 43.5842, -127.6418. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.9 off the coast of Oregon
- 2.8 237 km W of Bandon, Oregon
- 4.6 225 km W of Bandon, Oregon
- 4.0 228 km W of Bandon, Oregon
- 3.9 224 km W of Bandon, Oregon
- 5.5 226 km W of Langlois, Oregon
- 3.8 265 km WNW of Barview, Oregon
- 4.0 241 km W of Bandon, Oregon
- 3.6 260 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon
- 3.6 261 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon
- 2.9 239 km W of Langlois, Oregon
- 3.0 227 km W of Bandon, Oregon
- 2.9 226 km W of Bandon, Oregon
- 3.1 296 km W of Bandon, Oregon
- 3.0 265 km WNW of Bandon, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.