Washington earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 7 km SW of Alder, Washington

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Alder, Washington on Sat, Jun 12, 1971, 1:11 AM PDT (08:11 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 0 km W of Beaux Arts Village, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1971-06-12 08:11:15 UTC
Depth
1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.756° N, 122.367° W
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 10.8 km horizontally, 25.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.117 km SSW of Greenwater, Washington · 20198 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.79 km NNW of Mossyrock, Washington · 20194 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.87 km WNW of Allyn, Washington · 20188 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.50 km ENE of Mercer Island, Washington · 20188 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.30 km N of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20188 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.20 km W of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20188 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.30 km W of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20187 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.70 km SSE of Wilburton, Washington · 20186 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 3.0Puget Sound region, Washington · 20186 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.00 km WNW of Newport, Washington · 20186 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.30 km NNE of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20185 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.63 km ENE of White Center, Washington · 20185 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.334 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 20184 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 3.30 km E of Mercer Island, Washington · 20184 days ago · 21 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.91 km SW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20178 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 1.61 km SW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20176 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.01 km NE of Mercer Island, Washington · 20169 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.43 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 20168 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.33 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 20162 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.62 km S of Canterwood, Washington · 20148 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 1.74 km S of Ashford, Washington · 20144 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 1.86 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 20143 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 3.10 km WSW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20139 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 1.92 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 20202 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.12 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 20203 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.911 km NNW of Belfair, Washington · 20206 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.40 km NE of Lakeland South, Washington · 20206 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.15 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 20213 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 3.47 km NNE of Mossyrock, Washington · 20214 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.118 km E of Greenwater, Washington · 20221 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.20 km W of Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington · 20227 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10839133. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC.