M2.8 earthquake 9 km ESE of Condon, Oregon
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Condon, Oregon on Thu, Aug 3, 2000, 2:15 PM PDT (21:15 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 14 km NE 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
- 2.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-08-03 21:15:12 UTC
- Depth
- 3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.209° N, 120.073° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 13.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.214 km NE of Condon, Oregon · 9540 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.721 km NNW of Ukiah, Oregon · 9535 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.29 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington · 9514 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.44 km ESE of Condon, Oregon · 9504 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.614 km NW of Shaniko, Oregon · 9502 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Maupin, Oregon · 9496 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 uw10500478 (also filed as usp0009xux). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:45 AM UTC.