M1.8 earthquake 4 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Amboy, Washington on Thu, May 11, 2000, 2:39 AM PDT (09:39 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 6 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-05-11 09:39:36 UTC
- Depth
- 13.0 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.945° N, 122.417° 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 0.0 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.02
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 33
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.16 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9635 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Morton, Washington · 9634 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.76 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9633 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.54 km W of Camas, Washington · 9626 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Molalla, Oregon · 9622 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.98 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9615 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Elbe, Washington · 9614 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10494733. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:53 AM UTC.