Washington earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 2 km SSE of Kirkland, Washington

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Kirkland, Washington on Tue, Aug 30, 1988, 12:02 AM PDT (07:02 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1988-08-30 07:02:34 UTC
Depth
-0.2 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.663° N, 122.199° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.614 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 13912 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.71 km NNW of Elbe, Washington · 13910 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.54 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 13910 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.75 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 13904 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.84 km NNE of Camano, Washington · 13904 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.85 km W of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 13903 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.518 km SSE of Greenwater, Washington · 13903 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.43 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 13898 days ago · 18 km deep · 38 km away
  9. 1.85 km SSE of Concrete, Washington · 13898 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.05 km E of Anacortes, Washington · 13887 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 3.15 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 13886 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.55 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 13886 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.55 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 13886 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.96 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 13885 days ago · 22 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.56 km NNE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 13879 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.12 km SE of Kirkland, Washington · 13872 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.61 km NNE of White Center, Washington · 13870 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 1.79 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 13869 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 1.73 km ESE of Ravensdale, Washington · 13868 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  20. 2.112 km W of Easton, Washington · 13865 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 1.62 km SSE of Klahanie, Washington · 13863 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 1.66 km W of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 13860 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 2.81 km NE of Edmonds, Washington · 13859 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  24. 2.83 km WSW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 13857 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.34 km WSW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 13857 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  26. 2.47 km NE of Marrowstone, Washington · 13854 days ago · 54 km deep · 59 km away

Before

  1. 1.81 km E of Black Diamond, Washington · 13916 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.30 km ENE of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 13922 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.810 km W of Port Ludlow, Washington · 13926 days ago · 44 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.67 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 13926 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 2.413 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 13927 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.63 km NNE of Redmond, Washington · 13928 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.512 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 13931 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 3.012 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 13931 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.516 km E of Verlot, Washington · 13932 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 1.613 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 13932 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.72 km NE of Midland, Washington · 13933 days ago · 26 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.74 km ENE of Lake McMurray, Washington · 13933 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.820 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 13935 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.720 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 13935 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.513 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 13938 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.111 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 13939 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.210 km SSE of Skykomish, Washington · 13940 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 1.81 km SW of Burlington, Washington · 13941 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10238113. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:43 AM UTC.