M2.3 earthquake 9 km ESE of Condon, Oregon
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 9 km ESE of Condon, Oregon on Sun, Oct 20, 2002, 3:38 AM PDT (10:38 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 8 km ESE of Condon, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-20 10:38:51 UTC
- Depth
- 1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.194° N, 120.077° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 176°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.414 km WSW of Antelope, Oregon · 8742 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.27 km ESE of Condon, Oregon · 8742 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.78 km ESE of Condon, Oregon · 8742 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.36 km ESE of Condon, Oregon · 8742 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.510 km ESE of Condon, Oregon · 8742 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.615 km NW of Shaniko, Oregon · 8732 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.912 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington · 8726 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10571628. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.