M2.6 earthquake 3 km SSE of Aloha, Oregon

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Aloha, Oregon on Tue, Aug 17, 2004, 11:28 AM PDT (18:28 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.6	Md, duration	Pacific Northwest Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.04 · 15 stations
2.6	Md, duration	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed

From the USGS event page for uw10612718. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of at least 202.

1.937 km NNE of Amboy, WashingtonThu, Aug 12, 8:04 AM PDT · 8086 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10612718 (also filed as usp000d2bd). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:51 AM UTC.