M2.9 earthquake 157 km W of Gold Beach, Oregon
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 157 km W of Gold Beach, Oregon on Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 2:20 PM PDT (21:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 142km WSW of Gold Beach, OR. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-11-05 21:20:24 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 42.277° N, 126.331° 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 8.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 278°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.2136 km W of Pistol River, Oregon · 1785 days ago · 17 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.1142km WSW of Gold Beach, OR · 1770 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.9136km W of Brookings, OR · 1770 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
Before
- 2.893km WSW of Brookings, OR · 1800 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 4.8163 km W of Langlois, Oregon · 1806 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 12
- 3.1154 km W of Gold Beach, Oregon · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.2off the coast of Oregon · 1808 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 6
- 3.2182 km W of Gold Beach, Oregon · 1809 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.7156 km WSW of Crescent City, California · 1824 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000frui. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.