M2.5 earthquake 16 km SSE of Arlington, Oregon
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Arlington, Oregon on Sat, Feb 13, 1988, 6:55 PM PST (02:55 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 6 km ESE of Condon, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-02-14 02:55:23 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (10.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.577° N, 120.149° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 143°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.15 km ESE of Condon, Oregon · 14105 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.76 km ESE of Condon, Oregon · 14105 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Arlington, Oregon · 14067 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 1.74 km NW of Goldendale, Washington · 14116 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.11 km NNW of Goldendale, Washington · 14116 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.14 km NE of Prosser, Washington · 14131 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.53 km S of Grandview, Washington · 14134 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Grandview, Washington · 14134 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Grandview, Washington · 14134 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10229373. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC.