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M2.0 earthquake 5 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington on Thu, May 9, 2002, 5:22 PM PDT (00:22 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 17 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-05-10 00:22:07 UTC
Depth
17.8 km (11.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.490° N, 122.433° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
35

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.63 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 8908 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.128 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8907 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.720 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 8907 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.838 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8905 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 1.88 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8905 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.938 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8897 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.417 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8892 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.117 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8885 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.217 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8885 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.12 km NE of Key Center, Washington · 8885 days ago · 29 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.624 km S of Morton, Washington · 8883 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.03 km NE of Key Center, Washington · 8882 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.726 km S of Morton, Washington · 8878 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.531 km SW of Tampico, Washington · 8878 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.110 km WSW of Scappoose, Oregon · 8877 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 1.72 km SW of Morton, Washington · 8875 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 1.72 km SW of Artondale, Washington · 8858 days ago · 55 km deep · 90 km away

Before

  1. 2.23 km SW of Des Moines, Washington · 8915 days ago · 19 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.518 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8927 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.22 km NNW of Lakeland South, Washington · 8927 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.622 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 8928 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.829 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8935 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.114 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8939 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10553053. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC.