Earthquake near Coos Bay, OR

USGS: 33 km W of Barview, Oregon

9:45 am PST, Dec 10, 2017 · 2017-12-10 17:45 UTC · 37 km deep · released about 41 lb of TNT

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When: 9:45 am PST on 10 December 2017 (2017-12-10 17:45 UTC)
Where: 41 km (25 mi) W of Coos Bay, OR · earthquakes near Coos Bay
Magnitude: M 2.1 (ml)
Depth: 37 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Coos County, 54 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault: Cascadia fold and fault belt, 9 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 3218 days ago · we first saw it 3218 days ago

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 41 km (25 mi) W of Coos Bay, OR, at 9:45 am PST on 10 December 2017 (17:45 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 lb of TNT

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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

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

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Epicentre 43.3410, -124.7238. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Coos County, OR	54 km (33 mi)	ESE	earthquakes near Coos County
Curry County, OR	106 km (66 mi)	SSE	earthquakes near Curry County
Josephine County, OR	142 km (88 mi)	SE	earthquakes near Josephine County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

2.0 47 km WNW of Barview, Oregon 12:35 UTC
2.3 19 km WSW of Barview, Oregon 05:33 UTC
2.2 22 km WSW of Barview, Oregon 04:16 UTC
2.3 21 km WSW of Barview, Oregon 02:57 UTC
1.6 57 km W of Barview, Oregon 14:06 UTC
2.6 10 km NW of Langlois, Oregon 06:08 UTC
2.4 6 km NE of Bandon, Oregon 10:04 UTC
2.0 21 km WSW of Bandon, Oregon 10:33 UTC
2.0 39 km W of Barview, Oregon 22:37 UTC
2.0 72 km WNW of Barview, Oregon 04:16 UTC
1.9 6 km NNW of Bandon, Oregon 16:46 UTC
1.7 8 km N of Bandon, Oregon 15:45 UTC
1.6 52 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon 17:48 UTC
1.8 22 km WSW of Bandon, Oregon 04:25 UTC
1.6 21 km WSW of Bandon, Oregon 01:24 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 03:23 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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