M2.5 earthquake 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington on Sat, Dec 5, 1992, 7:49 PM PST (03:49 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1992-12-06 03:49:10 UTC
- Depth
- -0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.202° N, 122.189° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.937 km S of Morton, Washington · 12321 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.09 km S of Morton, Washington · 12319 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.526 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 12300 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.61 km N of Eatonville, Washington · 12297 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
Before
- 1.825 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 12372 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.621 km NE of Packwood, Washington · 12374 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.520 km NE of Packwood, Washington · 12374 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.623 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 12376 days ago · -2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.7Washington · 12376 days ago · -2 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Estacada, Oregon · 12378 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10302038. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.