M1.6 earthquake 5 km WSW of Deer Island, Oregon
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Deer Island, Oregon on Tue, Oct 14, 2003, 4:18 PM PDT (23:18 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 15 km SSW of Morton, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-14 23:18:13 UTC
- Depth
- 22.5 km (14.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.914° N, 122.905° 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, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 23
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.543 km WNW of Trout Lake, Washington · 8382 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 8380 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.537 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8357 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.79 km S of Estacada, Oregon · 8353 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 1.710 km SSE of Mineral, Washington · 8395 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.024 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 8399 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of North Plains, Oregon · 8403 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of North Portland, Oregon · 8408 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10599078. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.