Washington earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 10 km ESE of Ravensdale, Washington

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Ravensdale, Washington on Tue, Dec 28, 1982, 9:57 PM PST (05:57 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 4 km SE of Bangor Trident Base, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-12-29 05:57:18 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.323° N, 121.853° 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, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 51 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.94 km SE of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 15973 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.68 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 15973 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.011 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 15973 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.42 km SSW of Easton, Washington · 15973 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.69 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 15973 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.42 km S of Buckley, Washington · 15971 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.70 km WNW of Wauna, Washington · 15969 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.00 km NE of Normandy Park, Washington · 15968 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 1.622 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 15966 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.62 km N of Skokomish, Washington · 15966 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.96 km SSW of Hansville, Washington · 15962 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.825 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 15961 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.01 km NE of Maple Valley, Washington · 15960 days ago · 21 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 1.91 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15959 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.01 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15959 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 1.510 km WNW of Packwood, Washington · 15958 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.26 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15958 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.610 km NNW of Belfair, Washington · 15956 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.717 km N of Mossyrock, Washington · 15954 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.010 km SW of Packwood, Washington · 15954 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.64 km S of Monroe, Washington · 15949 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 3.06 km E of Carbonado, Washington · 15947 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.89 km ENE of Nile, Washington · 15946 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 1.55 km SW of Clinton, Washington · 15942 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 1.70 km ENE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15942 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 1.96 km SSE of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15941 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 1.924 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 15941 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 1.75 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 15941 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 1.711 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 15941 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
  30. 1.911 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 15941 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 2.210 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 15940 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  32. 1.913 km ENE of Verlot, Washington · 15940 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.74 km S of Seattle, Washington · 15939 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 1.64 km SSW of Des Moines, Washington · 15939 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 2.09 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington · 15938 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 1.51 km WSW of Echo Lake, Washington · 15935 days ago · 21 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.01 km SW of Port Orchard, Washington · 15934 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 2.413 km SSW of South Cle Elum, Washington · 15934 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.613 km NNE of Cliffdell, Washington · 15934 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.93 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 15931 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 1.716 km NE of May Creek, Washington · 15929 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 1.913 km WSW of Greenwater, Washington · 15928 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 1.74 km W of Vashon, Washington · 15925 days ago · 50 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.53 km SSW of Puyallup, Washington · 15924 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 1.73 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 15920 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 1.85 km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 15919 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 2.00 km WNW of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15918 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  48. 2.11 km NW of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15917 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  49. 1.63 km NW of White Center, Washington · 15916 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 2.11 km W of Crocker, Washington · 15915 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 1.61 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 15914 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away

Before

  1. 2.33 km SW of Chico, Washington · 15974 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.19 km WSW of Belfair, Washington · 15975 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.06 km S of Seabeck, Washington · 15979 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.86 km NNE of Lofall, Washington · 15979 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.513 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 15979 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.28 km NW of Belfair, Washington · 15980 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.35 km SE of Hansville, Washington · 15981 days ago · 20 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 1.83 km WSW of Chico, Washington · 15982 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.63 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 15982 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.723 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 15983 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.84 km N of Kingston, Washington · 15984 days ago · 23 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.413 km WSW of Greenwater, Washington · 15988 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.83 km E of Cle Elum, Washington · 15988 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.35 km NW of Burley, Washington · 15991 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.00 km NW of Port Orchard, Washington · 15992 days ago · 21 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.23 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15995 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.21 km SSE of Kingsgate, Washington · 15995 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.82 km NE of West Lake Sammamish, Washington · 15996 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10149008. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC.