M1.5 earthquake 8 km NW of Brooks, Oregon
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 8 km NW of Brooks, Oregon on Sat, Sep 29, 2007, 7:13 PM PDT (02:13 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 1 km WNW of Columbia City, 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
- 2007-09-30 02:13:59 UTC
- Depth
- 22.6 km (14.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.108° N, 123.033° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 16
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
- 1.57 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 6933 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.95 km N of Rickreall, Oregon · 6931 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.11 km WNW of Columbia City, Oregon · 6921 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.92 km E of Hockinson, Washington · 6893 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10736908. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:47 AM UTC.