M2.1 earthquake 8 km SW of Friday Harbor, Washington
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Friday Harbor, Washington on Mon, Feb 12, 2001, 2:46 AM PST (10:46 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 1 km WSW of Mountlake Terrace, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-12 10:46:46 UTC
- Depth
- 25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.485° N, 123.112° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 17
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.321 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 9360 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.51 km WSW of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 9354 days ago · 24 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.72 km WNW of Hat Island, Washington · 9341 days ago · 54 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Suquamish, Washington · 9334 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 9320 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10522638. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:32 PM UTC.