M2.1 earthquake 9 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 9 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington on Wed, Sep 25, 2002, 3:33 AM PDT (10:33 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 2 km WSW of Camano, 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, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-25 10:33:53 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.604° N, 121.958° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 10.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 27
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 16 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.910 km SW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8771 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Birch Bay, Washington · 8770 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.51 km SSW of Monroe, Washington · 8769 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.712 km NE of Mission, Canada · 8765 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.713 km ENE of Mission, Canada · 8765 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.15 km W of Edison, Washington · 8764 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Edison, Washington · 8762 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8761 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Clinton, Washington · 8756 days ago · 31 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.70 km ESE of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 8756 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.52 km W of Edmonds, Washington · 8739 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.98 km SSW of Anacortes, WA · 8739 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Ault Field, WA · 8737 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.29 km NNW of Ault Field, Washington · 8736 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.410 km ESE of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8736 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.12 km WSW of Camano, Washington · 8732 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.52 km NNW of Kingsgate, Washington · 8712 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 1.59 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 8772 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.47 km S of Sultan, Washington · 8772 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 8772 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.49 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 8772 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.59 km SW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8775 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8775 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8776 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8776 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.50 km ENE of Lyman, Washington · 8776 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.19 km SW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8776 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 294
- 1.71 km SSE of Lyman, Washington · 8780 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.39 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 8784 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.510 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 8784 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 8784 days ago · -1 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.62 km SE of Alger, Washington · 8794 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.85 km E of North Stanwood, Washington · 8796 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
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