M3.9 earthquake 258 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 258 km WNW of Bandon, Oregon on Mon, Aug 2, 2021, 1:54 AM PDT (08:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 239 km W of Bandon, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mb, body-wave), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-08-02 08:54:19 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.772° N, 127.480° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 176°
- Stations used
- 90
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.4239 km W of Bandon, Oregon · 1862 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.0195 km W of Bandon, Oregon · 1858 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.2off the coast of Oregon · 1852 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.4236 km W of Langlois, Oregon · 1833 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
Before
- 4.1189 km W of Langlois, Oregon · 1891 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
- 2.7197 km W of Langlois, Oregon · 1906 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.5269 km W of Port Orford, Oregon · 1907 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.9208 km WNW of Port Orford, Oregon · 1908 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.0213 km W of Bandon, Oregon · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.9232 km W of Bandon, Oregon · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.8238 km W of Langlois, Oregon · 1915 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000f1fr. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC.