M2.1 earthquake 15 km WNW of Packwood, Washington
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 15 km WNW of Packwood, Washington on Wed, Feb 26, 2003, 10:40 PM PST (06:40 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 30 km NE of Amboy, 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
- 2003-02-27 06:40:44 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.658° N, 121.860° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.02
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.730 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 8612 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.930 km NE of Amboy, Washington · 8612 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 8604 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.715 km WSW of White Swan, Washington · 8595 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.411 km SW of Ellensburg, Washington · 8594 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.512 km WSW of White Swan, Washington · 8591 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Mossyrock, Washington · 8580 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8565 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 1.61 km ESE of Renton, Washington · 8621 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.410 km SW of Packwood, Washington · 8625 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.012 km NE of Greenwater, Washington · 8630 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8Washington · 8635 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Tieton, Washington · 8637 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of Thorp, Washington · 8645 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10581343. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:26 AM UTC.