Washington earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 7 km ENE of Carnation, Washington

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Carnation, Washington on Thu, Apr 21, 2005, 4:55 AM PDT (11:55 UTC), 17 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 7 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2005-04-21 11:55:11 UTC
Depth
17.4 km (10.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.669° N, 121.812° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
61°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.10 km ENE of Maple Valley, Washington · 7827 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 2.39 km WNW of Port Townsend, Washington · 7825 days ago · 52 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.5Washington · 7823 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.73 km N of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 7816 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.67 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7812 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.66 km WSW of Camano, Washington · 7807 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 1.85 km W of Home, Washington · 7803 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.76 km ENE of Marrowstone, Washington · 7798 days ago · 28 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.85 km WSW of Home, Washington · 7797 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.94 km SE of Key Center, Washington · 7793 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.86 km W of Home, Washington · 7791 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.86 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7790 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.72 km NNE of Kirkland, Washington · 7790 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.57 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7786 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.42 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7785 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.02 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7785 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 1.56 km WSW of Home, Washington · 7783 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.76 km WSW of Home, Washington · 7783 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.95 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 7781 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.61 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 7778 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 1.78 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7776 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.89 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7776 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 1.52 km SE of Oso, Washington · 7776 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 1.80 km WSW of Clearview, Washington · 7775 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.02 km SW of Des Moines, Washington · 7775 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away

Before

  1. 1.51 km SE of Burlington, Washington · 7836 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.93 km E of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 7836 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.37 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 7837 days ago · 17 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 1.53 km SSW of Gorst, Washington · 7837 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.94 km SSW of Lake McMurray, Washington · 7838 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  6. 1.73 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 7843 days ago · 26 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.81 km N of Maple Valley, Washington · 7846 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.65 km ESE of Oso, Washington · 7847 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.58 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7847 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.64 km SE of Oso, Washington · 7848 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.03 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 7849 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.02 km WSW of North Bend, Washington · 7850 days ago · 21 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.13 km W of Freeland, Washington · 7852 days ago · 62 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.413 km NE of Cliffdell, Washington · 7857 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.81 km NE of Southworth, Washington · 7860 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 1.51 km NW of Lake Stickney, Washington · 7861 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10670393. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC.