M2.0 earthquake 8 km SW of Felida, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Felida, Washington on Fri, Jan 12, 2001, 3:57 AM PST (11:57 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 9 km NW of Parkdale, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-01-12 11:57:26 UTC
- Depth
- 19.8 km (12.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.662° N, 122.790° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.68 km E of Government Camp, Oregon · 9387 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9387 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.08 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9385 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.9Washington-Oregon border region · 9385 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.123 km S of Morton, Washington · 9379 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.87 km E of Government Camp, Oregon · 9376 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.723 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 9369 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.86 km E of Government Camp, Oregon · 9364 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.94 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 9356 days ago · 20 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.85 km ENE of Molalla, Oregon · 9352 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9343 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.54 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 9342 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Molalla, Oregon · 9339 days ago · 19 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Parkdale, Oregon · 9337 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10521658. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC.