Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 19 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 19 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington on Sat, Oct 7, 1972, 4:01 AM PDT (11:01 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 13 km WSW of Greenwater, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1972-10-07 11:01:52 UTC
Depth
17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.362° N, 122.393° 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 2.2 km horizontally
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
279°, 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: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.213 km WSW of Greenwater, Washington · 19706 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.516 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 19705 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.421 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 19702 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.620 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 19702 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.926 km SE of Morton, Washington · 19698 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.117 km WSW of Packwood, Washington · 19695 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.03 km ENE of Sumner, Washington · 19693 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.416 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 19691 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.16 km NNE of Mossyrock, Washington · 19689 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.816 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 19681 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.127 km S of Morton, Washington · 19674 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.88 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 19670 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 3.12 km NE of Felida, Washington · 19668 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.5Washington · 19662 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.335 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 19661 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 1.98 km E of Ashford, Washington · 19653 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away

Before

  1. 2.523 km S of Mossyrock, Washington · 19709 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.64 km N of Bonney Lake, Washington · 19727 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10854363. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:57 PM UTC.