M2.0 earthquake Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Washington on Mon, Sep 17, 1990, 5:16 PM PDT (00:16 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 21 km ESE of Darrington, 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
- 1990-09-18 00:16:12 UTC
- Depth
- -1.1 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.722° N, 121.935° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64 km NE of Ferndale, Washington · 13162 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.75 km E of Deming, Washington · 13158 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.621 km ESE of Darrington, Washington · 13148 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57 km N of Port Townsend, Washington · 13133 days ago · 25 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Marblemount, Washington · 13114 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.029 km SSE of Agassiz, Canada · 13113 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.616 km E of Verlot, Washington · 13110 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.539 km NW of Agassiz, Canada · 13103 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
Before
- 2.117 km S of Glacier, Washington · 13165 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.924 km NNW of Chilliwack, Canada · 13169 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 13176 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.14 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington · 13176 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.46 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 13177 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.00 km S of Sudden Valley, Washington · 13179 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10264228. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.