Washington earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 2 km WNW of Home, Washington

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Home, Washington on Wed, Aug 26, 1981, 4:04 PM PDT (23:04 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 1 km SSE of Lakeland North, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-08-26 23:04:39 UTC
Depth
22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.279° N, 122.791° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
36

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 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.914 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16461 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16459 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.56 km S of Morton, Washington · 16456 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.31 km SSE of Lakeland North, Washington · 16453 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.521 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 16451 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.44 km WSW of Chico, Washington · 16449 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.518 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 16446 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.62 km SSW of Parkland, Washington · 16443 days ago · 53 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.73 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16433 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.91 km S of Hobart, Washington · 16431 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.82 km S of Mercer Island, Washington · 16430 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.93 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16426 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.82 km ENE of Indianola, Washington · 16425 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.72 km SSE of Maplewood, Washington · 16422 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.95 km SSE of Mineral, Washington · 16414 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.64 km SSE of Hobart, Washington · 16409 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 1.525 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16465 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.821 km ENE of Amanda Park, Washington · 16468 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.9Washington-Oregon border region · 16470 days ago · 36 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.04 km SSW of Orting, Washington · 16472 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 1.923 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16477 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.923 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16477 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.44 km NNE of Tracyton, Washington · 16481 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.70 km NNE of Duvall, Washington · 16485 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 1.913 km WSW of Brinnon, Washington · 16485 days ago · 43 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.516 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 16488 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.93 km W of Fobes Hill, Washington · 16491 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.68 km ESE of McKenna, Washington · 16492 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10132793. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC.