Washington earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 17 km ENE of Ashford, Washington

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km ENE of Ashford, Washington on Wed, Jul 18, 1973, 3:02 PM PDT (22:02 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1973-07-18 22:02:37 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.828° N, 121.822° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
171°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.50 km W of Auburn, Washington · 19423 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 1.61 km E of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 19422 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.91 km ESE of Buckley, Washington · 19416 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 2.72 km SSE of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 19413 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.75 km ENE of Sumner, Washington · 19401 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.932 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 19401 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.97 km NNE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 19400 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.72 km NW of Ravensdale, Washington · 19392 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.913 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 19390 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.712 km S of Morton, Washington · 19386 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.70 km SW of Allyn, Washington · 19385 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  12. 1.61 km ESE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 19381 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.66 km ESE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 19381 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.53 km W of Hunts Point, Washington · 19380 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.54 km WSW of Seattle, Washington · 19380 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.827 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 19380 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.52 km W of Seattle, Washington · 19380 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 1.90 km ENE of Seattle, Washington · 19380 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.53 km NNW of Seattle, Washington · 19380 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.83 km NNE of Seattle, Washington · 19379 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.02 km WNW of Seattle, Washington · 19378 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.63 km WNW of Seattle, Washington · 19377 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.438 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 19376 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 1.95 km WSW of Seattle, Washington · 19376 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.910 km NNW of Packwood, Washington · 19371 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.99 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 19370 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.73 km ENE of Mirrormont, Washington · 19368 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 1.62 km NNE of Dash Point, Washington · 19368 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 2.212 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 19366 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 1.66 km WSW of Seattle, Washington · 19366 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away

Before

  1. 2.417 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 19424 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 3.917 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 19424 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.72 km WSW of Medina, Washington · 19429 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.57 km SW of Tampico, Washington · 19433 days ago · 18 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.73 km N of Fife Heights, Washington · 19437 days ago · 36 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.921 km E of Morton, Washington · 19446 days ago · 16 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.7Washington · 19447 days ago · 13 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10856573. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:15 PM UTC.