M2.0 earthquake 23 km SSW of River Road, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 23 km SSW of River Road, Washington on Wed, Feb 1, 2006, 7:50 PM PST (03:50 UTC), 43 km (27 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 4 km SW of Clinton, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-02 03:50:28 UTC
- Depth
- 43.2 km (26.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.889° N, 123.303° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.34 km SW of Clinton, Washington · 7547 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 938
- 2.53 km SW of Clinton, Washington · 7545 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.71 km WSW of Langley, Washington · 7532 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.59 km ESE of Forks, Washington · 7529 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.61 km E of Edison, Washington · 7511 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.23 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington · 7499 days ago · 25 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.00 km NW of Keyport, Washington · 7488 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
Before
- 1.93 km N of Key Center, Washington · 7553 days ago · 25 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.90 km NNE of Vashon, Washington · 7559 days ago · 59 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.313 km SW of North Saanich, Canada · 7566 days ago · 44 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 67
- 1.99 km ESE of Forks, Washington · 7574 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10686348. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC.