M4.7 earthquake 19 km W of Newport, Oregon
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 19 km W of Newport, Oregon on Wed, Aug 18, 2004, 11:06 PM PDT (06:06 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.7 (md), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-08-19 06:06:03 UTC
- Depth
- 27.3 km (16.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.664° N, 124.300° W
- Region
- Oregon
- Felt reports
- 840
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
840 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 159°, dip 87°, rake 8°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 69°, dip 82°, rake 177°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 212°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.7 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.021 km W of Newport, Oregon · 8070 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.522 km W of Newport, Oregon · 8070 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.323 km W of Newport, Oregon · 8066 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10613523 (also filed as usp000d2em, uw08190606). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.