M6.1 quake hits off coast of U.S. Oregon
12:12, 16 January 2026
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted off coast of the U.S. state of Oregon at 0325 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 43.77 degrees north latitude and 127.82 degrees west longitude.
No casualties or property damage have been reported, and no tsunami warning has been issued yet following the earthquake.
Earlier, it was reported that a series of strong earthquakes, including the initial one with a magnitude of 6.4, rattled the western Japan prefectures of Shimane and Tottori on January 6.