Washington earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 3 km WSW of Crocker, Washington

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Crocker, Washington on Thu, Jan 7, 1988, 11:18 PM PST (07:18 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1988-01-08 07:18:37 UTC
Depth
-0.9 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.066° N, 122.148° 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 0.0 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
29°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.24 km SE of Orting, Washington · 14136 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.03 km SW of Crocker, Washington · 14136 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.24 km SE of Orting, Washington · 14134 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.9Puget Sound region, Washington · 14133 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.723 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 14130 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.922 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 14130 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.510 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 14123 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 1.620 km S of Morton, Washington · 14120 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.95 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 14119 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.61 km NW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 14114 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 2.32 km SW of Monroe, Washington · 14113 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.55 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 14110 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.2Washington · 14107 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.810 km E of Ashford, Washington · 14095 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.223 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 14088 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.525 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 14088 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.71 km N of Lake Forest Park, Washington · 14085 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.42 km NNW of Custer, Washington · 14083 days ago · 54 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.39 km SW of Packwood, Washington · 14079 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 1.97 km S of Morton, Washington · 14149 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.81 km SSW of Navy Yard City, Washington · 14163 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.115 km SW of Brinnon, Washington · 14165 days ago · 44 km deep · 90 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10227403 (also filed as usp0003bwe). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:48 AM UTC.