M2.4 earthquake 3 km SSW of Hamilton, Washington
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Hamilton, Washington on Sat, Oct 30, 1976, 6:46 AM PDT (13:46 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 16 km ESE of Verlot, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-10-30 13:46:56 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.494° N, 122.012° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 25.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.516 km ESE of Verlot, Washington · 18224 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Verlot, Washington · 18222 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Darrington, Washington · 18219 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.56 km S of La Conner, Washington · 18203 days ago · 18 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.79 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 18198 days ago · 18 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.51 km NNW of Kenmore, Washington · 18189 days ago · 56 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.60 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 18184 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.70 km WNW of Geneva, Washington · 18181 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.421 km E of Darrington, Washington · 18179 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.44 km W of Camano, Washington · 18174 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 1.83 km W of Eastmont, Washington · 18225 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Hansville, Washington · 18232 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.61 km SE of Stanwood, Washington · 18235 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.86 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 18250 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.12 km W of Eastmont, WA · 18253 days ago · 25 km deep · 68 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10842478. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC.