M2.3 earthquake 9 km NW of Parkdale, Oregon
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Parkdale, Oregon on Thu, Mar 8, 2001, 7:36 PM PST (03:36 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 29 km SW of White Swan, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
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
- 2001-03-09 03:36:30 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.587° N, 121.670° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 29
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.532 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 9328 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.831 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 9328 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.75 km ENE of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 9328 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.929 km SW of White Swan, Washington · 9325 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.617 km E of Maupin, Oregon · 9319 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Maupin, Oregon · 9313 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 9305 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Molalla, Oregon · 9294 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.212 km ESE of Maupin, Oregon · 9281 days ago · 18 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 1.74 km NE of Molalla, Oregon · 9340 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.54 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 9342 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.837 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9343 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.85 km ENE of Molalla, Oregon · 9353 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.94 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 9356 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.86 km E of Government Camp, Oregon · 9365 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10521833. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC.