M2.0 earthquake 10 km SSW of Bellingham, WA
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Bellingham, WA on Tue, Oct 4, 1977, 4:45 PM PDT (23:45 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 19 km W of Tsawwassen, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-10-04 23:45:27 UTC
- Depth
- -0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.669° N, 122.519° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76 km N of Anacortes, Washington · 17883 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.719 km W of Tsawwassen, Canada · 17876 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.36 km E of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 17875 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.42 km NNE of Coupeville, Washington · 17867 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.55 km N of Victoria, Canada · 17862 days ago · 51 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.61 km N of Esperance, Washington · 17852 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Three Lakes, Washington · 17846 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.32 km WNW of La Conner, Washington · 17845 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 1.56 km SSW of Hansville, Washington · 17888 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Oak Bay, Canada · 17889 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.82 km S of Edison, Washington · 17893 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.06 km SW of Lyman, Washington · 17894 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.96 km E of Arlington Heights, Washington · 17895 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.27 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 17905 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10844823. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.