Washington earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 23 km SSE of Morton, Washington

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 23 km SSE of Morton, Washington on Sun, Jul 6, 1980, 5:20 PM PDT (00:20 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 32 km NE of Amboy, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1980-07-07 00:20:09 UTC
Depth
1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.355° N, 122.203° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
54°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.523 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16879 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.132 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16879 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.832 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16879 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.432 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16879 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 3.232 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16879 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.932 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16879 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.729 km S of Morton, Washington · 16879 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.032 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16878 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.523 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16878 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.111 km WNW of Parkdale, Oregon · 16876 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.610 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16874 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 1.530 km S of Morton, Washington · 16873 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.427 km S of Morton, Washington · 16870 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.427 km S of Morton, Washington · 16870 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.931 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16869 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 2.032 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16869 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.511 km S of Morton, Washington · 16868 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 3.532 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16866 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.726 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16866 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.833 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16866 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 2.033 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16866 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 2.832 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16865 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 3.738 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16865 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 2.633 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16865 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 3.133 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16865 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 2.132 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16864 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.338 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 2.338 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 2.337 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  30. 1.736 km S of Morton, Washington · 16863 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.138 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  32. 2.138 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 2.138 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.138 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 1.737 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 2.138 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.338 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.138 km S of Morton, Washington · 16863 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.139 km S of Morton, Washington · 16863 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 2.338 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 2.137 km S of Morton, Washington · 16863 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 1.537 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 2.139 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 1.712 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16863 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 2.732 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 1.732 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16863 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 2.527 km S of Morton, Washington · 16861 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 1.712 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16860 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 2.218 km SSW of Mossyrock, Washington · 16859 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 1.525 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16859 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.132 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16858 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.333 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16857 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 2.133 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16857 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.232 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16857 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.233 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16856 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.21 km NW of Columbia City, Oregon · 16856 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 2.333 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16854 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 1.732 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16850 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 2.532 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16850 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 1.732 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16850 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 1.50 km NW of Waller, Washington · 16880 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 1.522 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16880 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.18 km E of Ashford, Washington · 16880 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.730 km S of Morton, Washington · 16886 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 1.621 km S of Morton, Washington · 16888 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.833 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16890 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.333 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16890 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.725 km S of Morton, Washington · 16896 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.034 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16897 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.325 km S of Morton, Washington · 16899 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.622 km S of Morton, Washington · 16902 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 1.637 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16902 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.036 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16905 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.531 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 16907 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10080913. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC.