Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 8 km ENE of Tanner, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8 km ENE of Tanner, Washington on Tue, Oct 22, 1974, 4:41 PM PDT (23:41 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
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1974-10-22 23:41:33 UTC
Depth
-1.3 km (-0.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.513° N, 121.645° 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, 0.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
242°, 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: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.83 km NE of North Bend, Washington · 18969 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.75 km SSW of Seabeck, Washington · 18969 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.96 km WSW of La Grande, Washington · 18968 days ago · 62 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.0Puget Sound region, Washington · 18968 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.03 km ESE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 18964 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.74 km WNW of Lofall, Washington · 18962 days ago · 19 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.96 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 18961 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.21 km WNW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 18958 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.71 km SSE of Lynnwood, Washington · 18958 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 2.218 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 18957 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.67 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 18957 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.31 km W of Hobart, Washington · 18956 days ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 2.4Washington · 18954 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.33 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington · 18950 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.010 km SE of Ashford, Washington · 18949 days ago · 30 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.03 km W of Belfair, Washington · 18948 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.98 km ESE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 18948 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.82 km ESE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 18947 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 1.51 km W of Monroe, Washington · 18946 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.94 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington · 18945 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 1.89 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 18944 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 2.120 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 18943 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.021 km NNE of Packwood, Washington · 18939 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.80 km W of Fobes Hill, Washington · 18935 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.52 km NNW of Gorst, Washington · 18932 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 1.63 km NNW of Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington · 18931 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.92 km NE of Riverton, Washington · 18931 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.90 km NNE of Seattle, Washington · 18931 days ago · -1 km deep · 52 km away
  29. 1.62 km WNW of Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington · 18930 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.911 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 18923 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away

Before

  1. 2.11 km W of Woods Creek, Washington · 18995 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 1.711 km NE of Tanner, Washington · 18998 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.68 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 18998 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.119 km NE of Tanner, Washington · 18999 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10859653. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC.