M4.7 earthquake 209 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 209 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon on Tue, Dec 21, 1976, 11:04 AM PST (19:04 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.5 140 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-12-21 19:04:31 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.577° N, 126.743° W
- Region
- Oregon
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.5179 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · 18182 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.5140 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · 18181 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.8168 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · 18181 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.9160 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · 18181 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.2178 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · 18181 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.1147 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · 18179 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.8164 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · 18177 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.0249 km W of Ferndale, California · 18143 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 4.5205 km WSW of Pistol River, Oregon · 18187 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.9170 km W of Trinidad, California · 18206 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.5172 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 18208 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.7136 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 18208 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.9174 km W of Crescent City, California · 18208 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000kvy. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC.