M2.3 earthquake 2 km SSE of Glacier, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Glacier, Washington on Tue, Feb 9, 1982, 4:49 AM PST (12:49 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 4 km S of Mount Vernon, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-09 12:49:33 UTC
- Depth
- -1.0 km (-0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.870° N, 121.935° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 272°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.813 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 16269 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 16268 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.16 km WNW of Chilliwack, Canada · 16263 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Concrete, Washington · 16255 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.73 km S of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 16237 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.44 km S of Mount Vernon, Washington · 16237 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.62 km SSE of Mount Vernon, Washington · 16237 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 1.89 km SSE of Birch Bay, Washington · 16304 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.18 km WSW of Ferndale, Washington · 16306 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.06 km W of Rockport, Washington · 16315 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.26 km W of Rockport, Washington · 16315 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 16321 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10126378. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC.