Washington earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake Washington

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck in Washington on Sat, Feb 6, 1988, 3:05 PM PST (23:05 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 2 km WNW of Puyallup, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1988-02-06 23:05:14 UTC
Depth
17.0 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.387° N, 121.778° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.721 km N of Leavenworth, Washington · 14109 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.810 km E of Ashford, Washington · 14097 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.71 km N of Lake Forest Park, Washington · 14087 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.42 km NNW of Custer, Washington · 14085 days ago · 54 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.39 km SW of Packwood, Washington · 14081 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.51 km WSW of Lake Morton-Berrydale, Washington · 14078 days ago · 63 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.92 km WNW of Puyallup, Washington · 14076 days ago · 64 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.72 km WNW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 14076 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.55 km WSW of Darrington, Washington · 14075 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.81 km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 14075 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.02 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington · 14074 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.527 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 14072 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.911 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 14071 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.84 km WSW of Chico, Washington · 14069 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.117 km SW of Ellensburg, Washington · 14069 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.54 km WSW of Artondale, Washington · 14068 days ago · 24 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.04 km SW of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 14067 days ago · 19 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.71 km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 14066 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 1.68 km E of Bucoda, Washington · 14065 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.86 km NW of Cliffdell, Washington · 14054 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.55 km SW of Packwood, Washington · 14052 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 1.915 km SE of Verlot, Washington · 14110 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.55 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 14112 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.716 km SE of Verlot, Washington · 14112 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.715 km SE of Verlot, Washington · 14112 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.715 km SE of Verlot, Washington · 14112 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.32 km SW of Monroe, Washington · 14115 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.61 km NW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 14116 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.95 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 14121 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.510 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 14125 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.922 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 14132 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.723 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 14132 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 1.9Puget Sound region, Washington · 14135 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 2.24 km SE of Orting, Washington · 14136 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.03 km SW of Crocker, Washington · 14138 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.24 km SE of Orting, Washington · 14138 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.73 km WSW of Crocker, Washington · 14139 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10228268. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.