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M 1.2ml
Earthquake near Cave Junction, OR
No earthquake was likely felt in Cave Junction in the 24 hours to 7:14 am PST (15:14 UTC). The last one was M 5.7, 201 km (125 mi) W, at 3:53 am PDT on 3 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 42 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Cave Junction
This page: a magnitude 1.2 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Cave Junction, OR, at 9:17 pm PDT on 27 October 2026 (04:17 UTC), 33 km deep.
USGS: 6 km WNW of O'Brien, Oregon
- When
- 9:17 pm PDT on 27 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Cave Junction, OR · earthquakes near Cave Junction
- Magnitude
- M 1.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 33 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Josephine County, 37 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 16 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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 1.9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 500× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.2 about 1.9 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 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.9 5 km NNE of Hiouchi, California · 36 km SW of this epicentre
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 42.0925, -123.7782. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine County, OR | 37 km (23 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Josephine County |
| Del Norte County, CA | 42 km (26 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Del Norte County |
| Curry County, OR | 55 km (34 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Curry County |
| Jackson County, OR | 97 km (61 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Jackson County |
| Siskiyou County, CA | 117 km (73 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Siskiyou County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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