Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 9 km NNE of Packwood, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 9 km NNE of Packwood, Washington on Thu, May 4, 1972, 9:32 AM PDT (16:32 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 8 km ENE of Ashford, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1972-05-04 16:32:32 UTC
Depth
-1.1 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.684° N, 121.606° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
295°, 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.012 km NE of North Bend, Washington · 19864 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.69 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington · 19856 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.721 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 19856 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.32 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 19850 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.08 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 19847 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.22 km SSW of Orting, Washington · 19846 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.416 km WNW of Packwood, Washington · 19845 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.512 km SW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 19840 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.414 km SSW of Alder, Washington · 19829 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.22 km WNW of North Bend, Washington · 19828 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 2.114 km NNW of Greenwater, Washington · 19819 days ago · 18 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.63 km SSE of Fox Island, Washington · 19817 days ago · 49 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.21 km SSW of Nile, Washington · 19815 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away

Before

  1. 1.913 km S of Carbonado, Washington · 19877 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.07 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 19877 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.82 km E of Lea Hill, Washington · 19879 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.01 km SSW of La Grande, Washington · 19884 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.528 km S of Morton, Washington · 19887 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.13 km ENE of Des Moines, Washington · 19896 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10853088. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:03 AM UTC.