M2.6 earthquake 8 km WSW of Skokomish, Washington
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km WSW of Skokomish, Washington on Sat, Nov 29, 1980, 5:07 PM PST (01:07 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 6 km W of Seattle, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-11-30 01:07:09 UTC
- Depth
- 43.2 km (26.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.308° N, 123.264° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.53 km SW of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16715 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.57 km NE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 16707 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.91 km NNE of Picnic Point, Washington · 16706 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.823 km W of Skokomish, Washington · 16691 days ago · 40 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.93 km SSW of Keyport, Washington · 16688 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Mirrormont, Washington · 16680 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.06 km W of Seattle, Washington · 16678 days ago · 22 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10094563. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 PM UTC.