Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 13 km ENE of Ashford, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km ENE of Ashford, Washington on Sun, Jul 31, 1977, 1:12 AM PDT (08:12 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 3 km SSW of Redmond, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1977-07-31 08:12:33 UTC
Depth
2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.820° N, 121.882° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
259°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

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 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.916 km WNW of Packwood, Washington · 17949 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.65 km S of Gorst, Washington · 17948 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.13 km SSW of Redmond, Washington · 17946 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.933 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 17944 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.55 km SE of Mineral, Washington · 17943 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.52 km NNE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 17939 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.713 km SSW of South Cle Elum, Washington · 17927 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.917 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 17925 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.717 km S of Skykomish, Washington · 17924 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.515 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 17924 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 1.516 km S of Skykomish, Washington · 17924 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 1.939 km SE of Morton, Washington · 17923 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.52 km NW of Snoqualmie, Washington · 17922 days ago · 25 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.811 km W of Packwood, Washington · 17921 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.72 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 17916 days ago · 23 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.613 km SSW of South Cle Elum, Washington · 17914 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.613 km NNE of Cliffdell, Washington · 17914 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.74 km NW of Federal Way, Washington · 17914 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 3.46 km SSE of Bucoda, Washington · 17911 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.115 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 17909 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 1.56 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 17906 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.06 km N of Mossyrock, Washington · 17902 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.18 km NNE of Mossyrock, Washington · 17901 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 1.74 km NE of North Bend, Washington · 17897 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.63 km NE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 17897 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.915 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 17893 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away

Before

  1. 1.80 km WNW of Normandy Park, Washington · 17956 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.011 km W of Tieton, Washington · 17958 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.02 km W of Artondale, Washington · 17958 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.73 km WSW of Rosedale, Washington · 17960 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.53 km ESE of Fall City, Washington · 17961 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.92 km ESE of Belfair, Washington · 17962 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.34 km SW of Orting, Washington · 17963 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 1.513 km NW of Cliffdell, Washington · 17964 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.75 km SSW of Cowiche, Washington · 17965 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.717 km S of Mossyrock, Washington · 17967 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.711 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 17968 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.413 km SSW of South Cle Elum, Washington · 17968 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.213 km SSW of South Cle Elum, Washington · 17968 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.710 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 17968 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.012 km S of South Cle Elum, Washington · 17968 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.910 km SSW of South Cle Elum, Washington · 17968 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10844258. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:58 AM UTC.