M2.3 earthquake 11 km NNW of Keller, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Keller, Washington on Sun, Mar 8, 1992, 10:05 AM PST (18:05 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 12 km NNW of Keller, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1992-03-08 18:05:26 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.174° N, 118.740° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 225°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.97 km NNW of Keller, Washington · 12620 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.725 km N of Keller, Washington · 12618 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.512 km NNW of Keller, Washington · 12604 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.08 km NNW of Keller, Washington · 12588 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.96 km W of Riverside, Washington · 12587 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Keller, Washington · 12586 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.22 km W of Mansfield, Washington · 12583 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.03 km E of Davenport, Washington · 12578 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
Before
- 1.914 km N of Keller, Washington · 12627 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Electric City, Washington · 12627 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Keller, Washington · 12627 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.314 km SW of Reardan, Washington · 12637 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10286103. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:03 AM UTC.