M1.5 earthquake 13 km ESE of Maupin, Oregon
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km ESE of Maupin, Oregon on Mon, Feb 17, 2003, 1:10 AM PST (09:10 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 13 km WSW of Arlington, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-02-17 09:10:11 UTC
- Depth
- 17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.117° N, 120.931° 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, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.113 km WSW of Arlington, Oregon · 8620 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Government Camp, Oregon · 8587 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10578958. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC.