M2.6 earthquake 13 km SW of Wallowa, Oregon
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 13 km SW of Wallowa, Oregon on Tue, Nov 14, 2017, 6:06 PM PST (02:06 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-15 02:06:54 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.481° N, 117.646° W
- Region
- Oregon
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.59 | ML, local (Richter) | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.254 · 8 stations |
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.254 · 8 stations |
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 1.3 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 128°
- Stations used
- 7
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.621 km WNW of New Meadows, Idaho · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Halfway, Oregon · 3214 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.514 km ENE of Halfway, Oregon · 3214 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.04 km NNE of Halfway, Oregon · 3212 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw61351961 (also filed as us2000bnnj). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.