Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 35 km NE of Amboy, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 35 km NE of Amboy, Washington on Fri, Aug 8, 1980, 2:04 PM PDT (21:04 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 7 km WSW of Lake Shore, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1980-08-08 21:04:47 UTC
Depth
10.6 km (6.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.108° N, 122.094° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.624 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16846 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.97 km SW of Felida, Washington · 16844 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.725 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16844 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.17 km WSW of Lake Shore, Washington · 16844 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.938 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16841 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.27 km WSW of Lake Shore, Washington · 16841 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.334 km WSW of Tampico, Washington · 16834 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.17 km NNE of Morton, Washington · 16833 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.710 km SW of Mineral, Washington · 16831 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.733 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16829 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.611 km WNW of Warren, Oregon · 16823 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.728 km S of Morton, Washington · 16820 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 1.728 km S of Morton, Washington · 16820 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.32 km NW of Wapanitia, Oregon · 16807 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.9Washington · 16796 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 1.837 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16790 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away

Before

  1. 2.133 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16848 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.433 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16848 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.332 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16850 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.732 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16850 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.532 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16851 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.732 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16851 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.333 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16855 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.21 km NW of Columbia City, Oregon · 16857 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 2.233 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16857 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.232 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16857 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.133 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16858 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.333 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16858 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.132 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16859 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.525 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16860 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.218 km SSW of Mossyrock, Washington · 16860 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.712 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16861 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.527 km S of Morton, Washington · 16862 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.732 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.732 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.712 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16864 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away

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