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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Bandon, OR

USGS: 14 km NNW of Bandon, Oregon

6:40 pm PST, Jan 28, 2019 · · 18 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

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When
6:40 pm PST on 28 January 2019 ()
Where
15 km (9 mi) NNW of Bandon, OR · earthquakes near Bandon
Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Coos County, 30 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Coquille anticline, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 569 days ago

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) NNW of Bandon, OR, at 6:40 pm PST on 28 January 2019 (02:40 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Barview, Coquille, Coos Bay, Bunker Hill, North Bend.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 35 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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

Epicentre 43.2467, -124.4603. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Coos County, OR 30 km (19 mi) ESE earthquakes near Coos County
Curry County, OR 89 km (55 mi) SSE earthquakes near Curry County
Douglas County, OR 106 km (66 mi) E earthquakes near Douglas County
Josephine County, OR 120 km (75 mi) SE earthquakes near Josephine County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 12 km ENE of Glasgow, Oregon
  2. 2.0 47 km WNW of Barview, Oregon
  3. 2.3 19 km WSW of Barview, Oregon
  4. 2.2 22 km WSW of Barview, Oregon
  5. 2.3 21 km WSW of Barview, Oregon
  6. 2.6 10 km NW of Langlois, Oregon
  7. 1.5 15 km ESE of Myrtle Point, Oregon
  8. 1.5 5 km ESE of Coquille, Oregon
  9. 2.4 6 km NE of Bandon, Oregon
  10. 1.5 11 km E of Glasgow, Oregon
  11. 2.0 21 km WSW of Bandon, Oregon
  12. 1.6 4 km W of Powers, Oregon
  13. 2.0 9 km SW of Langlois, Oregon
  14. 2.0 39 km W of Barview, Oregon
  15. 1.9 6 km NNW 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.

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