Washington earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 5 km WNW of Gorst, Washington

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Gorst, Washington on Sun, Jul 8, 1984, 8:04 AM PDT (15:04 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 6 km WSW of Shoreline, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-07-08 15:04:45 UTC
Depth
46.1 km (28.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.540° N, 122.774° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
36°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.73 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 15416 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.52 km SW of Lake Morton-Berrydale, Washington · 15416 days ago · 50 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.98 km ESE of Quilcene, Washington · 15415 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.39 km W of Belfair, Washington · 15415 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.16 km S of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15404 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 2.76 km WSW of Shoreline, Washington · 15402 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.51 km N of Fall City, Washington · 15396 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.24 km WNW of Fall City, Washington · 15396 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.02 km SSW of Machias, Washington · 15393 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.74 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 15393 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.53 km NW of Jamestown, Washington · 15392 days ago · 45 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.85 km WSW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 15391 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.65 km SW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 15389 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.115 km S of Port Angeles East, Washington · 15389 days ago · 38 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.03 km NNW of White Center, Washington · 15388 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.92 km NW of Lakeland South, Washington · 15387 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.019 km W of Ault Field, Washington · 15385 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.8Puget Sound region, Washington · 15384 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.51 km WNW of Redmond, Washington · 15383 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.28 km W of Brinnon, Washington · 15383 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 1.75 km NW of Dash Point, Washington · 15381 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 1.54 km W of Fall City, Washington · 15381 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 1.57 km SW of Camano, Washington · 15379 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 1.52 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 15379 days ago · 52 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 1.72 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15376 days ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.811 km ESE of Black Diamond, Washington · 15376 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 1.611 km SSW of Port Angeles East, Washington · 15376 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 1.94 km WSW of Monroe, Washington · 15374 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 1.53 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15373 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 1.65 km W of Burley, Washington · 15373 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 1.93 km SSW of Vashon, Washington · 15370 days ago · 19 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 1.78 km NNW of Belfair, Washington · 15369 days ago · 18 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 2.28 km NNW of Ault Field, Washington · 15367 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 1.62 km NNW of La Conner, Washington · 15366 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 1.56 km ENE of Allyn, Washington · 15364 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 2.21 km NW of White Center, Washington · 15360 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 1.74 km NE of Woods Creek, Washington · 15360 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.812 km WNW of Greenwater, Washington · 15359 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.22 km SW of Roosevelt, Washington · 15359 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away

Before

  1. 2.16 km NNW of Freeland, Washington · 15422 days ago · 29 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 1.65 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington · 15423 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.616 km NNE of Onalaska, Washington · 15423 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.64 km W of Burley, Washington · 15423 days ago · 22 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 2.07 km NNE of Greenwater, Washington · 15429 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.17 km SE of Buckley, Washington · 15430 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.53 km SSW of Orting, Washington · 15431 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.321 km WNW of Skokomish, Washington · 15432 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.86 km NW of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 15434 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.016 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 15435 days ago · 46 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.92 km SW of Redmond, Washington · 15437 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.05 km WNW of Brinnon, Washington · 15437 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.11 km NW of Klahanie, Washington · 15440 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.81 km WNW of Sammamish, Washington · 15440 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.92 km NW of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 15442 days ago · 26 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.115 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 15442 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.85 km SSW of Black Diamond, Washington · 15445 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.96 km W of Burley, Washington · 15448 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10175548. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC.