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M2.7 earthquake 13 km NNE of Cliffdell, Washington

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of Cliffdell, Washington on Sun, Feb 28, 1982, 4:47 PM PST (00:47 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-03-01 00:47:00 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.055° N, 120.995° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
48°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.923 km SSE of Packwood, Washington · 16278 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.615 km E of Wilkeson, Washington · 16277 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.015 km ENE of Nile, Washington · 16277 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.87 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16277 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.18 km E of Ashford, Washington · 16275 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.48 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 16275 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 1.54 km SE of Ames Lake, Washington · 16273 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.57 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16273 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.37 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16273 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.710 km WNW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 16271 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.43 km NE of Mineral, Washington · 16269 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.10 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16266 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.94 km SW of Crocker, Washington · 16266 days ago · 71 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.64 km SSE of Lea Hill, Washington · 16263 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.82 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 16260 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.615 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 16259 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.34 km WNW of Waterville, Washington · 16251 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.54 km ESE of Greenwater, Washington · 16247 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 1.68 km NNW of Selah, Washington · 16243 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 2.14 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16239 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.04 km E of Hobart, Washington · 16229 days ago · 72 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.93 km NW of Packwood, Washington · 16227 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 1.616 km ESE of Kittitas, Washington · 16225 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.217 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 16223 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.65 km NW of Waterville, Washington · 16221 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 1.615 km W of Vantage, Washington · 16220 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.5Washington · 16219 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 2.15 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16280 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.124 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 16288 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.614 km ENE of Nile, Washington · 16289 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.02 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16291 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.513 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 16293 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.89 km NNW of Packwood, Washington · 16298 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.814 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 16299 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.915 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 16301 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.513 km S of South Cle Elum, Washington · 16304 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10124563. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.