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M2.3 earthquake 16 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington on Wed, Apr 14, 2004, 11:32 PM PDT (06:32 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 8 km E of Porter, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2004-04-15 06:32:14 UTC
Depth
10.9 km (6.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.938° N, 121.973° 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
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
24°
Stations used
51

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.925 km S of Morton, Washington · 8204 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.83 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 8204 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.215 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington · 8203 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.61 km SSW of Ames Lake, Washington · 8202 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.64 km ESE of Elbe, Washington · 8202 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.92 km WNW of Ashford, Washington · 8196 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.55 km SW of Sultan, Washington · 8194 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.622 km N of Trout Lake, Washington · 8191 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.32 km SSE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, Washington · 8190 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.94 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8190 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.98 km E of Porter, Washington · 8172 days ago · 41 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.82 km NE of Bucoda, Washington · 8170 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.90 km W of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 8166 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 1.72 km SE of Browns Point, Washington · 8159 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 1.633 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 8158 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.78 km E of Ashford, Washington · 8157 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 1.53 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8151 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.33 km ESE of Dash Point, Washington · 8148 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.53 km W of Gorst, Washington · 8147 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.94 km ENE of Tampico, Washington · 8146 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.821 km S of Morton, Washington · 8211 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.526 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 8214 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.825 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 8214 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.15 km SW of Woodway, Washington · 8215 days ago · 26 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.63 km SW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8218 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.64 km NNW of Tieton, Washington · 8224 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 1.917 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8231 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10609283. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC.