M2.2 earthquake 3 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon on Fri, Jan 14, 2000, 1:44 PM PST (21:44 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 35 km NE of Amboy, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-01-14 21:44:48 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.317° N, 121.718° 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, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.83 km ESE of Molalla, Oregon · 9751 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 9751 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.92 km WNW of Barlow, Oregon · 9730 days ago · 29 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.435 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 9720 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.034 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 9718 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.034 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 9717 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.523 km N of Trout Lake, Washington · 9716 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.77 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9712 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10486993. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:25 AM UTC.