M1.5 earthquake 6 km SSW of Molalla, Oregon
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Molalla, Oregon on Mon, Sep 18, 2000, 2:32 PM PDT (21:32 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 2 km NW of Yacolt, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-09-18 21:32:14 UTC
- Depth
- 10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.095° N, 122.616° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 235°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.51 km SSW of Molalla, Oregon · 9507 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.60 km WSW of Amboy, Washington · 9491 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.87 km E of Vernonia, Oregon · 9491 days ago · 21 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.96 km E of Vernonia, Oregon · 9491 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.97 km E of Vernonia, Oregon · 9490 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9467 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Yacolt, Washington · 9454 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 1.54 km ESE of Mulino, Oregon · 9511 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.85 km S of Odell, Oregon · 9514 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.7Washington-Oregon border region · 9516 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Aloha, Oregon · 9532 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Yacolt, Washington · 9536 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10507308. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC.