M1.6 earthquake 23 km WNW of Boardman, Oregon
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 23 km WNW of Boardman, Oregon on Thu, Jun 9, 2005, 11:33 AM PDT (18:33 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 0 km SE of Gleed, 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
- 2005-06-09 18:33:15 UTC
- Depth
- 16.8 km (10.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.940° N, 119.974° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- 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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.90 km SSE of Gleed, Washington · 7775 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.50 km SSE of Eschbach, Washington · 7775 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.50 km SE of Gleed, Washington · 7767 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Selah, Washington · 7766 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.44 km W of Basin City, Washington · 7753 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Basin City, Washington · 7753 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.10 km NE of Gleed, Washington · 7753 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.516 km S of White Swan, Washington · 7740 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10661168. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:24 AM UTC.