M2.1 earthquake 24 km ESE of Forks, Washington
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 24 km ESE of Forks, Washington on Thu, Jun 29, 2006, 10:31 AM PDT (17:31 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 13 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada. 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
- 2006-06-29 17:31:49 UTC
- Depth
- 27.7 km (17.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.904° N, 124.071° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.613 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada · 7396 days ago · 45 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 257
- 2.520 km NNW of Hoodsport, Washington · 7390 days ago · 47 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.735 km WSW of Neah Bay, Washington · 7355 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.28 km N of Neah Bay, Washington · 7348 days ago · 38 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10697553. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:13 AM UTC.