M2.0 earthquake 3 km NNE of Glacier, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 3 km NNE of Glacier, Washington on Fri, Mar 25, 1988, 9:06 AM PST (17:06 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 6 km SW of Lyman, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-03-25 17:06:46 UTC
- Depth
- -0.9 km (-0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.916° N, 121.921° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.52 km NE of Glacier, Washington · 14069 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Swede Heaven, Washington · 14067 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Lyman, Washington · 14060 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 14038 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.08 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 14022 days ago · -1 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.50 km WSW of Glacier, Washington · 14013 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.52 km S of Abbotsford, Canada · 14010 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 1.612 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 14080 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Darrington, Washington · 14082 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.54 km E of Lake Ketchum, Washington · 14085 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.210 km E of Point Roberts, Washington · 14096 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10230653. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:54 PM UTC.