M2.5 earthquake Washington
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Washington on Wed, Nov 22, 1972, 10:29 PM PST (06:29 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km ESE of Ashford, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1972-11-23 06:29:49 UTC
- Depth
- 1.7 km (1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.264° N, 122.124° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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 2.7 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.335 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 19664 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.98 km E of Ashford, Washington · 19656 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.59 km W of Packwood, Washington · 19648 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Ashford, Washington · 19646 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.722 km WSW of Packwood, Washington · 19629 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.920 km SW of Nile, Washington · 19609 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 3.12 km NE of Felida, Washington · 19671 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.127 km S of Morton, Washington · 19677 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.010 km W of Odell, Oregon · 19683 days ago · 43 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.816 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 19684 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.16 km NNE of Mossyrock, Washington · 19692 days ago · 32 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 19694 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10854933. Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC.