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M2.9 earthquake 4 km ENE of Fall City, Washington

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km ENE of Fall City, Washington on Tue, Oct 8, 2002, 3:40 AM PDT (10:40 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 2 km WSW of Camano, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-10-08 10:40:23 UTC
Depth
17.1 km (10.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.585° N, 121.840° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
33°
Stations used
86

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.25 km SW of Clinton, Washington · 8756 days ago · 31 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.70 km ESE of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 8756 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.620 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8756 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.09 km NNE of Quilcene, Washington · 8754 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.0Washington · 8749 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.60 km N of White Center, Washington · 8746 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.52 km W of Edmonds, Washington · 8739 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 3.12 km WSW of Camano, Washington · 8732 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.817 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 8714 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.64 km SW of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 8714 days ago · 24 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.52 km NNW of Kingsgate, Washington · 8712 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.75 km ENE of Mineral, Washington · 8704 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.714 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8702 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.34 km SW of Brinnon, Washington · 8701 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away

Before

  1. 1.51 km SSW of Monroe, Washington · 8769 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.618 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8770 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.47 km S of Sultan, Washington · 8772 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.321 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8775 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.06 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8779 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.28 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8781 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.611 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.716 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8788 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10567483 (also filed as usp000be20). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC.