M1.8 earthquake 2 km ENE of Gig Harbor, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Gig Harbor, Washington on Fri, Jan 21, 2000, 7:34 AM PST (15:34 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-01-21 15:34:29 UTC
- Depth
- 48.2 km (29.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.338° N, 122.544° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.122 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9742 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.63 km W of Black Diamond, Washington · 9742 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Mineral, Washington · 9736 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 9718 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.61 km E of SeaTac, Washington · 9716 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
Before
- 2.20 km NNE of Gorst, Washington · 9750 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.93 km ENE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 9751 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.06 km W of Lofall, Washington · 9753 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.53 km NE of East Renton Highlands, Washington · 9753 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.53 km NE of East Renton Highlands, Washington · 9753 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.61 km NNW of Mirrormont, Washington · 9758 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.83 km W of Freeland, Washington · 9770 days ago · 50 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 9774 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 9776 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10509673. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.