M1.7 earthquake 2 km WSW of Deer Island, Oregon
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Deer Island, Oregon on Tue, Dec 3, 2002, 2:45 PM PST (22:45 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 9 km WSW of Mineral, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-12-03 22:45:49 UTC
- Depth
- 25.9 km (16.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.922° N, 122.877° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 22
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.516 km S of Morton, Washington · 8702 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.016 km ENE of Kalama, Washington · 8700 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.13 km ENE of Bethany, Oregon · 8699 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.96 km N of Beavercreek, Oregon · 8697 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.49 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 8697 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.827 km ENE of Yacolt, Washington · 8693 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.732 km S of Morton, Washington · 8666 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.720 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 8650 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 1.53 km NE of Bethany, Oregon · 8702 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.510 km E of Kalama, Washington · 8708 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.611 km E of Kalama, Washington · 8708 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.49 km E of Yacolt, Washington · 8711 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.137 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8716 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Longview, Washington · 8717 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.627 km ENE of Yacolt, Washington · 8731 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10570253. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC.