M1.9 earthquake 6 km N of Beavercreek, Oregon
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km N of Beavercreek, Oregon on Sun, Dec 8, 2002, 3:26 PM PST (23:26 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 8 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-08 23:26:40 UTC
- Depth
- 22.0 km (13.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.343° N, 122.528° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 28
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 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.68 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon · 8694 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Government Camp, Oregon · 8694 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.827 km ENE of Yacolt, Washington · 8693 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.58 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon · 8689 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon · 8656 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.26 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon · 8656 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 8656 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.54 km E of Lewisville, Washington · 8640 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 2.13 km ENE of Bethany, Oregon · 8700 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.016 km ENE of Kalama, Washington · 8701 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.72 km WSW of Deer Island, Oregon · 8703 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Bethany, Oregon · 8703 days ago · 25 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.510 km E of Kalama, Washington · 8709 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.611 km E of Kalama, Washington · 8709 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.49 km E of Yacolt, Washington · 8711 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.137 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8716 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Longview, Washington · 8718 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10571893. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC.