M1.5 earthquake 3 km WNW of Umapine, Oregon
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Umapine, Oregon on Mon, Feb 18, 1980, 9:12 PM PST (05:12 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 11 km NNE of Boardman, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-02-19 05:12:04 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.987° N, 118.544° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.611 km NNE of Boardman, Oregon · 17009 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.63 km S of Finley, Washington · 17001 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Mesa, Washington · 16993 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Burbank, Washington · 16991 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Burbank, Washington · 16991 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Burbank, Washington · 16990 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Burbank, Washington · 16990 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Burbank, Washington · 16988 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.06 km WNW of Highland, Washington · 16987 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10075878. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC.