A magnitude 4.0 earthquake rumbled out in the Pacific Ocean Sunday night, the United States Geological Survey reported.
The temblor occurred shortly before 10 p.m. about 124 miles west of Bandon, 132 miles west of Coos Bay, at a depth of about 6 miles. There are no reports of injuries or damages, and no tsunami warning was issued. So far only two people have filled out the USGS’ “Felt Report” survey.
Small earthquakes are common off the Oregon coast. A magnitude 3.3 quake struck last Wednesday in the same general area in the ocean. A magnitude 2.8 quake registered two days before that, and a magnitude 4.3 quake hit on March 17.
Experts say there’s about a 40% chance a large quake -- up to magnitude 9.0 -- from the Cascadia subduction zone will uncork sometime in the next 50 years. January marked the 323rd anniversary of the last major quake along the 600-mile fault off the Pacific Northwest coast.
-- The Oregonian/OregonLive; dperry@oregonian.com