M2.1 earthquake 30 km ESE of Packwood, Washington
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 30 km ESE of Packwood, Washington on Wed, Jul 23, 2003, 10:39 AM PDT (17:39 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 8 km S of Morton, 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
- 2003-07-23 17:39:38 UTC
- Depth
- -0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.474° N, 121.321° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.28 km S of Morton, Washington · 8452 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8449 days ago · -2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.811 km SSE of Mineral, Washington · 8444 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.512 km WSW of Greenwater, Washington · 8439 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Tampico, Washington · 8437 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.613 km NE of Nile, Washington · 8433 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.615 km S of Morton, Washington · 8433 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of Trout Lake, Washington · 8429 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.538 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8422 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.5Washington · 8412 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
Before
- 2.017 km SW of Toppenish, Washington · 8480 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8482 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.911 km S of Morton, Washington · 8485 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.636 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 8491 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.64 km W of Thorp, Washington · 8493 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.536 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 8494 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10599793. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC.