M2.0 earthquake 29 km NNE of Detroit, Oregon
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 29 km NNE of Detroit, Oregon on Thu, Sep 9, 1982, 6:16 PM PDT (01:16 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 4 km SSE of Sodaville, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-09-10 01:16:38 UTC
- Depth
- -1.2 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 44.967° N, 121.973° W
- Region
- Oregon
- 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.14 km SSE of Sodaville, Oregon · 16085 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Shaniko, Oregon · 16081 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.919 km S of Grass Valley, Oregon · 16081 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.83 km S of Parkdale, Oregon · 16077 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.517 km E of Maupin, Oregon · 16077 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.54 km SE of Parkdale, Oregon · 16059 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.92 km NE of Brush Prairie, Washington · 16036 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 1.57 km NW of Detroit, Oregon · 16098 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.67 km N of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 16106 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.48 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon · 16113 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Pine Grove, Oregon · 16113 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon · 16114 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10143493. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:26 AM UTC.