Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 6 km W of Rockport, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km W of Rockport, Washington on Thu, Jan 21, 1982, 9:12 AM PST (17:12 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 8 km WSW of Ferndale, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-01-21 17:12:58 UTC
Depth
1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.493° N, 121.682° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 49.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
209°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.18 km WSW of Ferndale, Washington · 16306 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.89 km SSE of Birch Bay, Washington · 16304 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.13 km ESE of Three Lakes, Washington · 16298 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.61 km WSW of Edmonds, Washington · 16298 days ago · 24 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.32 km SSE of Glacier, Washington · 16296 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.53 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16281 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.15 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16278 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.93 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 16267 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.10 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16263 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.16 km WNW of Chilliwack, Canada · 16263 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 1.95 km SSE of Concrete, Washington · 16255 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 2.26 km W of Rockport, Washington · 16315 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.66 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 16321 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.72 km NE of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 16321 days ago · 55 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.61 km SE of Bothell East, Washington · 16329 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.63 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16331 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.53 km NNW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16334 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.9Washington · 16334 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.918 km NNE of Index, Washington · 16335 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.02 km SW of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16335 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.82 km WNW of Echo Lake, Washington · 16336 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.5Washington · 16339 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10128633 (also filed as usp0001j6m). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:23 AM UTC.