M2.3 earthquake 13 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of Ashford, Washington on Tue, Dec 28, 1976, 5:55 PM PST (01:55 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 7 km S of Morton, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-12-29 01:55:03 UTC
- Depth
- 13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.800° N, 121.864° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.93 km WSW of White Center, Washington · 18155 days ago · 29 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.22 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 18153 days ago · 23 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.39 km N of Greenwater, Washington · 18152 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.57 km S of Morton, Washington · 18151 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.13 km W of Mineral, Washington · 18149 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Mineral, Washington · 18149 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.73 km W of Mineral, Washington · 18149 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.013 km NNE of Tanner, Washington · 18148 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.010 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 18148 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.89 km ENE of Naches, Washington · 18141 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.94 km SSE of Seattle, Washington · 18138 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Hobart, Washington · 18136 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.99 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 18133 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.29 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 18133 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 18132 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.52 km W of White Center, Washington · 18132 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Ashford, Washington · 18131 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of Tanner, Washington · 18130 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.28 km NE of North Bend, Washington · 18130 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington · 18123 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.411 km SSW of Alder, Washington · 18117 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.91 km WNW of SeaTac, Washington · 18114 days ago · 23 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.412 km N of Ashford, Washington · 18113 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.78 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 18110 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Morton, Washington · 18106 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.94 km SW of Morton, Washington · 18106 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
Before
- 1.912 km E of Tanner, Washington · 18166 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.62 km W of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 18173 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.65 km WNW of Wauna, Washington · 18174 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.84 km NNW of Dash Point, Washington · 18175 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 18177 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.60 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 18184 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.723 km N of Amboy, Washington · 18191 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10842878. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC.