Washington earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 7 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington on Sat, Mar 6, 1982, 12:23 PM PST (20:23 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 3 km NE of Mineral, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-03-06 20:23:06 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.568° N, 121.739° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
89°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.710 km WNW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 16269 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 1.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 16269 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.93 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 16268 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.43 km NE of Mineral, Washington · 16267 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.91 km NW of Artondale, Washington · 16267 days ago · 26 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.10 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16264 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.94 km SW of Crocker, Washington · 16264 days ago · 71 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.64 km SSE of Lea Hill, Washington · 16261 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.82 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 16258 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.615 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 16257 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.93 km ESE of Indianola, Washington · 16252 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.04 km S of Shoreline, Washington · 16252 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.51 km SSE of Parkwood, Washington · 16247 days ago · 22 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.54 km ESE of Greenwater, Washington · 16244 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.52 km WSW of Monroe, Washington · 16239 days ago · 22 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.73 km S of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 16238 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.14 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16237 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 3.40 km NNE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16232 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.90 km N of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16232 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.11 km NNE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16232 days ago · 27 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.40 km ESE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16230 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.04 km E of Hobart, Washington · 16227 days ago · 72 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 2.010 km N of Quilcene, Washington · 16226 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.49 km NE of Hoodsport, Washington · 16221 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.217 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 16221 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 1.52 km SE of Dash Point, Washington · 16217 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 1.62 km SSW of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16216 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 1.6Washington · 16213 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.84 km SSW of Clinton, Washington · 16211 days ago · 28 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 2.57 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16271 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.54 km SE of Ames Lake, Washington · 16271 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.18 km E of Ashford, Washington · 16273 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.62 km SE of Dash Point, Washington · 16274 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.87 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16275 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.615 km E of Wilkeson, Washington · 16275 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.713 km NNE of Cliffdell, Washington · 16277 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.50 km ESE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 16278 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.15 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16278 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.75 km W of La Grande, Washington · 16281 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.53 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16281 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.02 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16289 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.513 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 16291 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 1.74 km W of Wauna, Washington · 16295 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.89 km NNW of Packwood, Washington · 16296 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 1.814 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 16297 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 1.56 km W of Seattle, Washington · 16298 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.61 km WSW of Edmonds, Washington · 16298 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.13 km ESE of Three Lakes, Washington · 16298 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.915 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 16299 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10128428. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:55 PM UTC.