M1.5 earthquake 19 km ESE of Tillamook, Oregon
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 19 km ESE of Tillamook, Oregon on Tue, Sep 4, 2007, 5:15 PM PDT (00:15 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 8 km NW of Brooks, 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
- 2007-09-05 00:15:41 UTC
- Depth
- 24.2 km (15.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.402° N, 123.611° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 171°
- Stations used
- 3
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.411 km W of Deer Island, Oregon · 6963 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.68 km NW of Brooks, Oregon · 6950 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1,634
- 1.58 km NW of Brooks, Oregon · 6944 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Prescott, Oregon · 6943 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.62 km E of Prescott, Oregon · 6937 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.57 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 6933 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.95 km N of Rickreall, Oregon · 6931 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.11 km WNW of Columbia City, Oregon · 6920 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10724408. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC.