M1.8 earthquake 5 km SSE of Scotts Mills, Oregon
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of Scotts Mills, Oregon on Tue, May 29, 2007, 10:58 AM PDT (17:58 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 1 km N of Barlow, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-05-29 17:58:50 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.003° N, 122.633° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.92 km NNW of Saint Paul, Oregon · 7053 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.72 km E of Mount Angel, Oregon · 7051 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.52 km NNW of Fairview, Oregon · 7044 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Estacada, Oregon · 7034 days ago · 21 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.21 km N of Barlow, Oregon · 7025 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1,877
- 2.31 km NNW of Barlow, Oregon · 7022 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.25 km NNE of Lewisville, Washington · 7018 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10721528. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC.