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M2.8 earthquake 1 km W of Wauna, Washington

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 1 km W of Wauna, Washington on Fri, Apr 8, 1988, 8:31 AM PDT (15:31 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1988-04-08 15:31:06 UTC
Depth
21.5 km (13.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.380° N, 122.666° 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, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
53°
Stations used
42

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.68 km NW of Lofall, Washington · 14057 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.65 km SW of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 14048 days ago · 18 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.84 km NE of Tanner, Washington · 14042 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 1.73 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 14041 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 14033 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.61 km W of Wauna, Washington · 14027 days ago · 24 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.519 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 14023 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.52 km WSW of Artondale, Washington · 14009 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.511 km S of Greenwater, Washington · 14009 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.29 km S of Sultan, Washington · 14007 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.81 km WSW of Riverton, Washington · 14006 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.52 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 14001 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.23 km ESE of Belfair, Washington · 13999 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 1.516 km SW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 14058 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.68 km E of Bucoda, Washington · 14076 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.71 km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 14077 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.04 km SW of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 14077 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
  5. 1.54 km WSW of Artondale, Washington · 14079 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 1.84 km WSW of Chico, Washington · 14080 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.911 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 14081 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.02 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington · 14084 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.81 km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 14085 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.72 km WNW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 14086 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 3.92 km WNW of Puyallup, Washington · 14086 days ago · 64 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10229388. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC.