Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 2 km WSW of Gorst, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Gorst, Washington on Fri, Aug 2, 2002, 11:00 PM PDT (06:00 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 7 km S of Sultan, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-08-03 06:00:14 UTC
Depth
21.1 km (13.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.513° N, 122.740° 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
66°
Stations used
38

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.04 km SW of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 8820 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 1.85 km SSW of Sultan, Washington · 8816 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.93 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 8804 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.81 km NNW of Tukwila, Washington · 8801 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.63 km SSW of Des Moines, Washington · 8800 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.24 km ESE of Longbranch, Washington · 8800 days ago · 54 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.85 km E of North Stanwood, Washington · 8796 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.59 km NNE of Port Angeles East, Washington · 8793 days ago · 41 km deep · 86 km away
  9. 1.80 km WNW of Maple Valley, Washington · 8789 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.716 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8788 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.611 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.28 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8781 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.06 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8779 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.47 km S of Sultan, Washington · 8772 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 1.618 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8770 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.51 km SSW of Monroe, Washington · 8769 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 1.613 km SSE of Port Angeles East, Washington · 8766 days ago · 45 km deep · 68 km away

Before

  1. 3.31 km NNE of East Hill-Meridian, Washington · 8828 days ago · 60 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 2.63 km E of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 8828 days ago · 58 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 1.71 km S of Lochsloy, Washington · 8831 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 1.78 km ENE of Marrowstone, Washington · 8833 days ago · 23 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.14 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 8837 days ago · 27 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 104
  6. 2.414 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8839 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.73 km ESE of Black Diamond, Washington · 8840 days ago · 22 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.57 km ESE of Belfair, Washington · 8845 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.52 km SE of Federal Way, Washington · 8850 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.81 km E of North Creek, Washington · 8851 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10557493. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC.