Washington earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 29 km SW of White Swan, Washington

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 29 km SW of White Swan, Washington on Wed, Mar 21, 2001, 2:31 AM PST (10:31 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2001-03-21 10:31:05 UTC
Depth
-0.1 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.211° N, 121.025° W
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, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
35°
Stations used
58

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.912 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 9321 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.725 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9314 days ago · -2 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.623 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9313 days ago · -2 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.632 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 9309 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 1.822 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9300 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.325 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9298 days ago · -2 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.423 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9298 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.223 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9298 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 1.923 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9295 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.628 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9293 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.712 km NNE of Roosevelt, Washington · 9291 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.010 km NE of Nile, Washington · 9291 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.227 km SSE of Greenwater, Washington · 9290 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 2.63 km SSE of Gleed, Washington · 9290 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.23 km ESE of Gleed, Washington · 9290 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.722 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9280 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.424 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9275 days ago · -2 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.917 km SSW of Packwood, Washington · 9271 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 1.831 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 9327 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.532 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 9328 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.115 km SSE of Mabton, Washington · 9329 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 2.14 km SSE of Nile, Washington · 9331 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.39 km NW of Parkdale, Oregon · 9336 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.837 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9342 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.26 km E of Ashford, Washington · 9349 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10525708 (also filed as usp000abth). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:04 PM UTC.