Washington earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 3 km NW of Wauna, Washington

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Wauna, Washington on Fri, Oct 10, 1986, 4:00 PM PDT (23:00 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 4 km ENE of Port Angeles East, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-10-10 23:00:19 UTC
Depth
25.3 km (15.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.397° N, 122.678° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
49°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.51 km S of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 14579 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.87 km NNW of Pe Ell, Washington · 14577 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.85 km ENE of Southworth, Washington · 14575 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.64 km ENE of Port Angeles East, Washington · 14564 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.73 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 14545 days ago · 18 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.81 km WNW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 14542 days ago · 20 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.623 km NNE of Aberdeen Gardens, Washington · 14541 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 1.91 km E of Kirkland, Washington · 14534 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.64 km NNE of Tracyton, Washington · 14532 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 1.72 km E of Kirkland, Washington · 14601 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.81 km NNE of Riverton, Washington · 14602 days ago · 25 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.02 km W of Fox Island, Washington · 14616 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10214938. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.