M1.6 earthquake 2 km W of Mount Angel, Oregon
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km W of Mount Angel, Oregon on Thu, Sep 28, 2006, 5:43 PM PDT (00:43 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 1 km WSW of Dundee, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-09-29 00:43:23 UTC
- Depth
- 26.2 km (16.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.068° N, 122.834° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.51 km E of Portland, OR · 7300 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.91 km WSW of Dundee, Oregon · 7297 days ago · 17 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.72 km NNW of Hockinson, Washington · 7288 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.52 km E of Vancouver, Washington · 7282 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.62 km ESE of Portland, Oregon · 7273 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.91 km S of Portland, Oregon · 7272 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.70 km SSW of Portland, Oregon · 7272 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.92 km NNW of Aurora, Oregon · 7253 days ago · 25 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Molalla, Oregon · 7252 days ago · 21 km deep · 22 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10708138. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:06 PM UTC.