Biggest Oregon Earthquake Since 2000

Portland, OR. (KOIN) – It’s no secret that the Pacific Northwest is a country of earthquakes – with “The Big One” always possible.

In fact, the last earthquake of the Cascadia subduction zone that resulted in widespread destruction was on January 26, 1700, resulting in an earthquake of magnitude 9.0+ on the Richter scale. The subduction zone, which stretches from British Columbia to northern California about 70 to 100 miles off the Pacific coast, has resulted in 41 earthquakes in the past 10,000 years, according to the Oregon Emergency Management Authority.

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Although apparently not as destructive as the 1700 earthquake, since 2000 Oregon has experienced a number of powerful earthquakes, according to data recorded by the US Geological Survey.

The majority of large earthquakes were recorded off the coast of Oregon, the largest of which was a magnitude 6.3 earthquake on January 15, 2003. It was recorded at a depth of 10 km.

In 2008, another earthquake of magnitude 6.3 was recorded, this time 242 km northwest of Bandon, at a depth of 13 km.

In 2019, another earthquake of magnitude 6.3 was recorded, as was WNW from Bandon on August 29, which some KOIN viewers reported feeling.

In 2000, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake at a depth of 10 km was recorded off the coast of Oregon on June 2.

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale was recorded 272 km west of Bandon on August 22, 2018, also at a depth of 10 km.

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However, these powerful earthquakes – the largest recorded in Oregon or off the Oregon coast since 2000 – are not Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes. They are the Blanco fault zone earthquakes, which occur when the Pacific plate slides north against the Juan de Fuca plate, according to KOIN 6 News chief meteorologist Natasha Stenbock.

Steinbock said the sequential subduction zone earthquake occurs when the Juan de Fuca plate moves under the North American plate.

In fact, in December 2021, a swarm of earthquakes was recorded roaring off the coast of Oregon in the Blanco Fault Zone.

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As for earthquakes on Earth, there have been only a handful of earthquakes that have had a center within Oregon’s borders since 2000, according to data from the US Geological Survey.

In 2002, residents of the government camp on Mount Hood may have felt a little shake when a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 4.9 km on June 29.

Meanwhile, the last 4.5 earthquake to hit Earth was one northeast of Port Orford on November 30, 2019. It occurred at a depth of 16.6 km. No injuries or damage were reported.

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