M2.9 earthquake 17 km ENE of Packwood, Washington

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 17 km ENE of Packwood, Washington on Sun, May 21, 2006, 11:39 AM PDT (18:39 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.9	Md, duration	Pacific Northwest Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.03 · 13 stations
2.9	Md, duration	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Randle.

From the USGS event page for uw10695228. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 150 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 150.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10695228 (also filed as usp000ehn5). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:23 AM UTC.