Washington earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 6 km NE of Fall City, Washington

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Fall City, Washington on Thu, Aug 19, 1982, 2:38 AM PDT (09:38 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 1 km SSE of Newport, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-08-19 09:38:18 UTC
Depth
12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.602° N, 121.816° 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, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
78°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.21 km SSE of Newport, Washington · 16104 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.02 km WSW of Belfair, Washington · 16103 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.33 km NW of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16102 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.13 km SSW of Shoreline, Washington · 16102 days ago · 23 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.61 km ENE of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 16100 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.916 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 16095 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.738 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 16095 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.225 km E of Darrington, Washington · 16094 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.614 km NNE of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 16093 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.71 km NE of Shoreline, Washington · 16093 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.74 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 16092 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.86 km S of Greenwater, Washington · 16091 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.613 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 16090 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.11 km S of Sammamish, Washington · 16085 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 1.91 km S of Sammamish, Washington · 16085 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.18 km SE of Camano, Washington · 16082 days ago · 26 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.03 km WSW of Mercer Island, Washington · 16081 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.612 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 16080 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 2.92 km NE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16078 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.54 km NNE of Cathan, Washington · 16075 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  21. 1.90 km N of Lakeland South, Washington · 16072 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 1.74 km NNE of Brinnon, Washington · 16070 days ago · 48 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 1.517 km NW of Packwood, Washington · 16070 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 1.87 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 16068 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.05 km WNW of Gorst, Washington · 16060 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 1.71 km S of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 16060 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.615 km SSW of Easton, Washington · 16051 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 2.2Washington · 16049 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 3.02 km W of Manchester, Washington · 16048 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 1.65 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 16048 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.19 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 16048 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.63 km SW of Darrington, Washington · 16047 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.76 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16045 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away

Before

  1. 2.66 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16105 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.94 km SSW of Orting, Washington · 16108 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
  3. 1.51 km ESE of Edmonds, Washington · 16110 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.74 km SSW of Woodway, Washington · 16111 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.71 km NNE of Esperance, Washington · 16111 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.31 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 16113 days ago · 23 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.86 km WSW of Coupeville, Washington · 16116 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.92 km WNW of Artondale, Washington · 16116 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.83 km SSE of Kingston, Washington · 16118 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.72 km E of Maltby, Washington · 16121 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.88 km E of Ashford, Washington · 16123 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.543 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 16123 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.31 km SSE of Ashford, Washington · 16124 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.111 km S of Greenwater, Washington · 16128 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.41 km NE of Bothell West, Washington · 16128 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10143843. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC.