Washington earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 5 km SE of Rainier, Washington

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Rainier, Washington on Sun, Oct 13, 1974, 5:05 PM PDT (00:05 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 0 km NNE of Seattle, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1974-10-14 00:05:54 UTC
Depth
-1.0 km (-0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.845° N, 122.644° 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 0.0 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
128°
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: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.630 km S of Morton, Washington · 18977 days ago · 32 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.523 km S of Morton, Washington · 18976 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.08 km NNE of Pe Ell, Washington · 18973 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.83 km NE of North Bend, Washington · 18968 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.75 km SSW of Seabeck, Washington · 18968 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.96 km WSW of La Grande, Washington · 18968 days ago · 62 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.0Puget Sound region, Washington · 18967 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.96 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 18961 days ago · -1 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.97 km WNW of Ryderwood, Washington · 18960 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.21 km WNW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 18957 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.218 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 18956 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.67 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 18956 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.214 km N of Onalaska, Washington · 18956 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.31 km W of Hobart, Washington · 18955 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.930 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 18954 days ago · 36 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.010 km NNW of South Bend, Washington · 18953 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.85 km SE of Bucoda, Washington · 18953 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.33 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington · 18950 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.010 km SE of Ashford, Washington · 18948 days ago · 30 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 2.03 km W of Belfair, Washington · 18947 days ago · -1 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.67 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 18947 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 2.213 km W of Packwood, Washington · 18947 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 1.82 km ESE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 18946 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.89 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 18943 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 2.120 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 18942 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 2.021 km NNE of Packwood, Washington · 18938 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  27. 1.819 km WSW of Packwood, Washington · 18934 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 1.52 km NNW of Gorst, Washington · 18932 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  29. 1.514 km SW of Alder, Washington · 18932 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 1.63 km NNW of Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington · 18931 days ago · 30 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 1.92 km NE of Riverton, Washington · 18930 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.90 km NNE of Seattle, Washington · 18930 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 1.721 km S of Morton, Washington · 18929 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.62 km WNW of Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington · 18929 days ago · 27 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 1.512 km S of Pe Ell, Washington · 18926 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.911 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 18922 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away

Before

  1. 2.520 km S of Morton, Washington · 18985 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.234 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 18990 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.911 km SE of Ashford, Washington · 19003 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.92 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington · 19003 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10859583. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC.