M2.1 earthquake 6 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon on Sun, May 14, 2000, 1:09 AM PDT (08:09 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 0 km NE of Beaverton, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-05-14 08:09:49 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.333° N, 121.686° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 28
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9638 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Goldendale, Washington · 9632 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.54 km W of Camas, Washington · 9631 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Molalla, Oregon · 9627 days ago · 23 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.98 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9620 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.53 km WNW of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 9613 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.54 km SSE of Mill Plain, Washington · 9582 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.57 km NE of Mount Angel, Oregon · 9581 days ago · 29 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.20 km NE of Beaverton, Oregon · 9580 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 1.84 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9642 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.8Oregon · 9663 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.81 km SSW of Silverton, Oregon · 9663 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Molalla, Oregon · 9669 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.81 km ESE of The Dalles, Oregon · 9669 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10495673. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC.