M2.0 earthquake 16 km SW of Ione, Oregon
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Ione, Oregon on Thu, Aug 19, 1982, 10:58 AM PDT (17:58 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 19 km WNW of Bickleton, Washington. 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
- 1982-08-19 17:58:04 UTC
- Depth
- 27.6 km (17.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.406° N, 119.982° 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, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 157°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.619 km WNW of Bickleton, Washington · 16095 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.516 km NNW of Shaniko, Oregon · 16075 days ago · 27 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.919 km S of Grass Valley, Oregon · 16075 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.517 km E of Maupin, Oregon · 16071 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10143903. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:31 AM UTC.