Washington earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake Washington

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck in Washington on Thu, Nov 7, 1974, 12:05 PM PST (20:05 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
1974-11-07 20:05:28 UTC
Depth
-1.1 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.362° N, 121.283° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
273°, 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: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.33 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington · 18947 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 2.010 km SE of Ashford, Washington · 18946 days ago · 30 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.98 km ESE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 18945 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.213 km W of Packwood, Washington · 18944 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.82 km ESE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 18944 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.51 km W of Monroe, Washington · 18943 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.94 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington · 18942 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.89 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 18941 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.120 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 18940 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 2.021 km NNE of Packwood, Washington · 18936 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.80 km W of Fobes Hill, Washington · 18932 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.63 km NNW of Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington · 18928 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.92 km NE of Riverton, Washington · 18928 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.90 km NNE of Seattle, Washington · 18928 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.62 km WNW of Bryn Mawr-Skyway, Washington · 18927 days ago · 27 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.911 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 18920 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 1.51 km NNE of Riverton, Washington · 18900 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 2.619 km NE of Packwood, Washington · 18897 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 2.419 km NE of Packwood, Washington · 18897 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.93 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 18895 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.117 km NNE of Packwood, Washington · 18894 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  22. 2.52 km SW of Kenmore, Washington · 18892 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 2.31 km W of Hobart, Washington · 18953 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.67 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 18954 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.218 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 18954 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.71 km SSE of Lynnwood, Washington · 18955 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.21 km WNW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 18955 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.96 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 18958 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.03 km ESE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 18961 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.0Puget Sound region, Washington · 18965 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.83 km NE of North Bend, Washington · 18966 days ago · 19 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.08 km ENE of Tanner, Washington · 18967 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10859783. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:58 AM UTC.