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M2.0 earthquake Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck in Washington on Fri, Oct 18, 2002, 3:13 AM PDT (10:13 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 17 km SE of Carbonado, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2002-10-18 10:13:57 UTC
Depth
14.5 km (9.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.010° N, 121.998° 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, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
35°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.60 km N of White Center, Washington · 8746 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.538 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8742 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.934 km N of Amboy, Washington · 8740 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.52 km W of Edmonds, Washington · 8739 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.533 km SSW of Packwood, Washington · 8737 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.59 km SW of Nile, Washington · 8717 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.137 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8716 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.817 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 8714 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.64 km SW of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 8714 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 1.52 km NNW of Kingsgate, Washington · 8712 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.917 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8708 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.75 km ENE of Mineral, Washington · 8704 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.522 km WSW of Nile, Washington · 8704 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.67 km WNW of Nile, Washington · 8703 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.516 km S of Morton, Washington · 8702 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.714 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8702 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.49 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 8697 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  18. 1.622 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8694 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.64 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8693 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 1.620 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8756 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.70 km ESE of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 8756 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.94 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 8759 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.51 km SSW of Monroe, Washington · 8769 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 1.618 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8770 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.47 km S of Sultan, Washington · 8772 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.56 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington · 8774 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.321 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8775 days ago · -2 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10570553. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.