M2.1 earthquake 8 km N of Edison, Washington
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 8 km N of Edison, Washington on Tue, Jan 6, 2004, 2:45 PM PST (22:45 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 7 km S of Point Roberts, 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
- 2004-01-06 22:45:51 UTC
- Depth
- -0.6 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.637° N, 122.452° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.77 km WNW of Alger, Washington · 8304 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.80 km WNW of Woodway, Washington · 8296 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.71 km NW of Woodway, Washington · 8295 days ago · 20 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.97 km S of Point Roberts, Washington · 8281 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.44 km ESE of La Conner, Washington · 8270 days ago · -1 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.86 km W of Conway, Washington · 8268 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.94 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington · 8267 days ago · 28 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.63 km E of La Conner, Washington · 8257 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.611 km N of Jamestown, Washington · 8252 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.57 km W of Aldergrove, Canada · 8251 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Aldergrove, Canada · 8249 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 1.91 km NNE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 8307 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.55 km S of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 8310 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of Ganges, Canada · 8331 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Port Townsend, Washington · 8333 days ago · 24 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10597243. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:22 AM UTC.