Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 6 km WNW of Burley, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Burley, Washington on Tue, May 9, 1978, 11:22 AM PDT (18:22 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 6 km SE of Shelton, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1978-05-09 18:22:03 UTC
Depth
15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.436° N, 122.716° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
12

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.76 km SE of Shelton, Washington · 17668 days ago · 38 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.57 km W of Burley, Washington · 17667 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.82 km E of Sammamish, Washington · 17664 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.83 km N of Woods Creek, Washington · 17661 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.57 km WSW of Ault Field, Washington · 17651 days ago · 15 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.96 km NW of Shelton, Washington · 17636 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.58 km SSW of Gold Bar, Washington · 17636 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.511 km ENE of Onalaska, Washington · 17635 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 3.3Puget Sound region, Washington · 17626 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.67 km ESE of Mineral, Washington · 17615 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.64 km SE of Three Lakes, Washington · 17611 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 1.514 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 17609 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.6Washington · 17608 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 2.39 km SSW of Gold Bar, Washington · 17672 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.62 km N of Artondale, Washington · 17673 days ago · 20 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 1.92 km SSE of Belfair, Washington · 17675 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.75 km W of Burley, Washington · 17676 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.72 km W of Artondale, Washington · 17681 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.23 km WSW of Artondale, Washington · 17682 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 1.55 km SE of Hansville, Washington · 17682 days ago · 50 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.818 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 17697 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10846828. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.