M2.2 earthquake 0 km NE of Beaverton, Oregon
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 0 km NE of Beaverton, Oregon on Wed, Jul 12, 2000, 5:12 PM PDT (00:12 UTC), 27 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 7 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
- 2.2 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-07-13 00:12:18 UTC
- Depth
- 26.5 km (16.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.489° N, 122.800° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 30
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
- 1.519 km E of Kelso, Washington · 9569 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9563 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Molalla, Oregon · 9548 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.225 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 9548 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.34 km NNW of Mount Hood, Oregon · 9541 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Yacolt, Washington · 9536 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Aloha, Oregon · 9532 days ago · 24 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.637 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9528 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.7Washington-Oregon border region · 9515 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10504598. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.