Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 9 km WNW of La Conner, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of La Conner, Washington on Fri, Dec 10, 1982, 5:07 PM PST (01:07 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km N of Kingston, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-12-11 01:07:59 UTC
Depth
57.1 km (35.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.414° N, 122.618° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.00 km NW of Port Orchard, Washington · 15990 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.84 km N of Kingston, Washington · 15983 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.63 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 15981 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.83 km WSW of Chico, Washington · 15981 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.35 km SE of Hansville, Washington · 15980 days ago · 20 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.86 km NNE of Lofall, Washington · 15978 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.06 km S of Seabeck, Washington · 15978 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.416 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 15977 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.33 km SW of Chico, Washington · 15973 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.94 km SE of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 15972 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.96 km SSW of Hansville, Washington · 15961 days ago · 19 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.61 km ESE of Port Townsend, Washington · 15959 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 1.91 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15958 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.01 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15958 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.26 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15957 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.610 km NNW of Belfair, Washington · 15955 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 1.64 km S of Monroe, Washington · 15948 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.55 km SW of Clinton, Washington · 15941 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.70 km ENE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15941 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.87 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington · 15939 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.913 km ENE of Verlot, Washington · 15939 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.74 km S of Seattle, Washington · 15938 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  23. 1.51 km WSW of Echo Lake, Washington · 15934 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.01 km SW of Port Orchard, Washington · 15932 days ago · 21 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.23 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15994 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.21 km SSE of Kingsgate, Washington · 15994 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.82 km NE of West Lake Sammamish, Washington · 15995 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.62 km NW of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 16010 days ago · 19 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.6Washington · 16015 days ago · 25 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.23 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16016 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.61 km NNW of Port Orchard, Washington · 16017 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.84 km ESE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 16019 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.84 km NNE of Tracyton, Washington · 16019 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10146158. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC.