Three earthquakes were recorded off the Oregon Coast on Friday evening, September 4. Chief Meteorologist Josh Cozart said the quakes ranged from magnitude 2.6 to 3.7, and no tsunami threat was issued.
People who felt the shaking can report it to the United States Geological Survey. The Pacific Ocean area that saw the quakes typically has seismic activity, so the reports give a sharper read on what residents actually experienced, not just what instruments measured.
Josh Cozart and USGS reports
Josh Cozart shared the location of the Friday evening quakes on September 4, 2026, giving viewers a quick way to place the activity off the Oregon Coast. That matters for anyone comparing what they felt at home with the official record, because the same event can produce different experiences from one neighborhood to the next.
People who felt the earthquakes can file a report with the United States Geological Survey. Those reports help build a clearer picture of intensity at street level, especially when a quake is measured offshore and the readings alone do not show how strong it felt on land.
The Oregon Coast sits beside a part of the Pacific Ocean that typically sees seismic activity, and that is the setting for these three quakes. The spread from magnitude 2.6 to 3.7 keeps the event in a modest range, but the sequence still drew attention because it happened in a short window on the same evening.
Earthquakes and Loons both chasing first win amid skids shows how a different kind of update can still hinge on timing and follow-up, and the same idea applies here: the first reports matter most, then the later readings fill in the picture.
Pacific Ocean monitoring
The KOIN Weather Team will continue to monitor the potential for additional seismic activity over the Pacific Ocean. For readers along the coast, the practical step is simple: if the shaking was felt, report it to the United States Geological Survey so the public record reflects more than just magnitude.
Indonesia Earthquakes: 7.7 Quake Kills 20 in Flores and Sanae Takaichi urges vigilance after Japan Earthquake in Kumamoto are examples of how earthquake reports can quickly shift from raw numbers to response, and here the immediate response was a lack of tsunami threat. That leaves the focus on continued monitoring and on resident reports that can show how widely the shaking was felt.
