Washington earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 11 km NNE of Ashford, Washington

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 11 km NNE of Ashford, Washington on Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 9:48 PM PST (05:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2006-11-15 05:48:12 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.856° N, 121.980° W
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6Md, durationPacific Northwest Seismic NetworkPreferred · Final · ±0.04 · 7 stations
2.6Md, durationUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed

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 uw10704153. 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
44°
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: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 109 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 141.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10704153 (also filed as usp000exf2). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:20 PM UTC.