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M2.0 earthquake 27 km E of Skykomish, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 27 km E of Skykomish, Washington on Wed, Jun 16, 1971, 7:33 AM PDT (14:33 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 0 km N of Beaux Arts Village, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1971-06-16 14:33:12 UTC
Depth
-1.3 km (-0.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.697° N, 120.998° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
307°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.50 km ENE of Mercer Island, Washington · 20180 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.30 km N of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20180 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.20 km W of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20180 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 3.30 km W of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20179 days ago · 18 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.70 km SSE of Wilburton, Washington · 20179 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.0Puget Sound region, Washington · 20178 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.00 km WNW of Newport, Washington · 20178 days ago · 22 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.30 km NNE of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20178 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.30 km E of Mercer Island, Washington · 20177 days ago · 21 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.91 km SW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20170 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.61 km SW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20169 days ago · 20 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.01 km NE of Mercer Island, Washington · 20161 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 2.33 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 20155 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.212 km E of Carnation, Washington · 20136 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.010 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 20135 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 3.10 km WSW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20132 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.31 km NNE of Beaux Arts Village, WA · 20131 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.80 km ESE of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20127 days ago · 20 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.117 km SSW of Greenwater, Washington · 20191 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.92 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 20195 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.12 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 20195 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.118 km E of Greenwater, Washington · 20213 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10839153. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.