M1.5 earthquake 4 km ESE of Mulino, Oregon
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km ESE of Mulino, Oregon on Fri, Sep 15, 2000, 12:09 AM PDT (07:09 UTC), 17 km (10 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
- 2000-09-15 07:09:21 UTC
- Depth
- 16.6 km (10.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.206° N, 122.531° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 169°
- Stations used
- 16
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.56 km SSW of Molalla, Oregon · 9507 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.51 km SSW of Molalla, Oregon · 9507 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.60 km WSW of Amboy, Washington · 9491 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.87 km E of Vernonia, Oregon · 9491 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.96 km E of Vernonia, Oregon · 9491 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.97 km E of Vernonia, Oregon · 9490 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9467 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Yacolt, Washington · 9454 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 1.85 km S of Odell, Oregon · 9514 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.7Washington-Oregon border region · 9515 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Aloha, Oregon · 9532 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of Yacolt, Washington · 9536 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.34 km NNW of Mount Hood, Oregon · 9540 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10505988. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:24 AM UTC.