Reviewed by USGSOregon101y ago
M6.2 earthquake 283 km W of Bandon, Oregon
Saturday, June 5, 1926, 19:50:32 UTC · 43.384°N, 127.879°W
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 283 km W of Bandon, Oregon on Saturday, June 5, 1926, 19:50:32 UTC, at a depth of 15.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M6.4 on December 31, 1915.
- Magnitude
- 6.2
- Strong · mw
- Depth
- 15 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
26 kilotons of TNT
That is about 2 times the Hiroshima bomb. It released about 55 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0.
Tectonic setting
16 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Pacific and Juan de Fuca plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
15 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
I felt it — report to USGS ↗USGS PAGER estimate
Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 100 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 100 km in the 30 days after this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 7 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 6.5235 km W of Port Orford, OregonAugust 5, 1910 · 80 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.4187 km W of Trinidad, CaliforniaDecember 31, 1915 · 274 km SE of this epicenter
- 6.2off the coast of OregonAugust 22, 1914 · 121 km N of this epicenter
- 6.048 km WNW of Langlois, OregonJune 4, 1925 · 235 km E of this epicenter
- 5.9off the coast of OregonFebruary 24, 1924 · 162 km W of this epicenter
- 5.8off the coast of OregonMay 12, 1926 · 215 km NW of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 1 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700. The most severe:
- 1700M9.0
Cascadia Subduction Zone
27 Jan 1700 · 291 km away
Severe damage ($5–24M)tsunami
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.