M2.0 earthquake 36 km SSE of Morton, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 36 km SSE of Morton, Washington on Sun, Jun 3, 1973, 1:08 AM PDT (08:08 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 9 km SW of Clatskanie, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-06-03 08:08:21 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.246° N, 122.121° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 212°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.39 km SW of Clatskanie, Oregon · 19453 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.7Washington · 19447 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.921 km E of Morton, Washington · 19446 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Tampico, Washington · 19433 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.917 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 19424 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.417 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 19424 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.917 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 19424 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
Before
- 2.812 km E of Wilkeson, Washington · 19475 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.833 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 19477 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.18 km ENE of Kalama, Washington · 19482 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.516 km SSW of Packwood, Washington · 19490 days ago · -2 km deep · 40 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10856303. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.