M2.3 earthquake 2 km NNW of Lafayette, Oregon
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Lafayette, Oregon on Sat, Jun 2, 2001, 10:08 AM PDT (17:08 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-06-02 17:08:00 UTC
- Depth
- 30.6 km (19.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.266° N, 123.129° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.92 km N of Molalla, Oregon · 9250 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.92 km WNW of Metzger, Oregon · 9239 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.23 km NW of Mulino, Oregon · 9217 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Molalla, Oregon · 9210 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10526573. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:03 PM UTC.