Washington earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 32 km E of Glacier, Washington

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 32 km E of Glacier, Washington on Sun, Nov 24, 1985, 8:46 PM PST (04:46 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 7 km ESE of Verlot, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-11-25 04:46:45 UTC
Depth
0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.863° N, 121.511° 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 17.7 km horizontally, 54.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
215°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.214 km SSW of Birch Bay, Washington · 14902 days ago · 59 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.011 km SSW of Darrington, Washington · 14889 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.31 km E of Mission, Canada · 14873 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.79 km E of Verlot, Washington · 14869 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.78 km ESE of Verlot, Washington · 14869 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 2.33 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 14868 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.810 km S of Darrington, Washington · 14866 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.18 km ESE of Verlot, Washington · 14862 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 2.87 km ESE of Verlot, Washington · 14862 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.80 km S of Big Lake, Washington · 14857 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.55 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 14854 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.68 km ESE of Verlot, Washington · 14913 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.819 km NNW of Concrete, Washington · 14926 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 2.23 km SW of Swede Heaven, Washington · 14931 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 2.66 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 14934 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10200383. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC.