M2.6 earthquake 16 km W of Packwood, Washington
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 16 km W of Packwood, Washington on Sun, Jun 20, 2004, 12:32 PM PDT (19:32 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 16 km ENE of Packwood, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-06-20 19:32:12 UTC
- Depth
- 2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.629° N, 121.889° W
- Region
- Washington
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | Md, duration | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.04 · 11 stations |
| 2.6 | Md, duration | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for uw10612608. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 53
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.66 km S of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 8135 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.77 km S of Lake Morton-Berrydale, Washington · 8135 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.917 km W of Packwood, Washington · 8133 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 173
- 2.316 km W of Packwood, Washington · 8133 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.516 km W of Packwood, Washington · 8133 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.02 km N of Maple Valley, Washington · 8130 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.73 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8120 days ago · 28 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.5Washington · 8112 days ago · -1 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.04 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8103 days ago · 24 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.73 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8102 days ago · 27 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.13 km ESE of Dash Point, Washington · 8101 days ago · 27 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.62 km NW of Nile, Washington · 8097 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.822 km N of Trout Lake, Washington · 8094 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.86 km ESE of Wilkeson, Washington · 8086 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.937 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8086 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.016 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 8081 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 116
- 1.75 km SE of Hobart, Washington · 8080 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8080 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 1.53 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8143 days ago · 23 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Tampico, Washington · 8146 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.33 km ESE of Dash Point, Washington · 8148 days ago · 25 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.53 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8151 days ago · 28 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.78 km E of Ashford, Washington · 8157 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.633 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 8158 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Browns Point, Washington · 8159 days ago · 21 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10612608 (also filed as usp000cybz). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC.