M3.6 earthquake 12 km WSW of Quilcene, Washington
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Quilcene, Washington on Fri, Jan 26, 2007, 1:23 AM PST (09:23 UTC), 47 km (29 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-01-26 09:23:49 UTC
- Depth
- 46.7 km (29.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.795° N, 123.035° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.57 | ML, local (Richter) | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.139 · 58 stations |
| 3.2 | Md, duration | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed |
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 uw10720183. 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.03 km NW of Chico, Washington · 7188 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.70 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 7185 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Big Lake, Washington · 7182 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.426 km W of Skokomish, Washington · 7179 days ago · 40 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Duvall, Washington · 7176 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7172 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.711 km SE of Forks, Washington · 7172 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.86 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada · 7165 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.914 km NW of McCleary, Washington · 7164 days ago · 38 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Des Moines, Washington · 7159 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Oso, Washington · 7135 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Vaughn, Washington · 7135 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 1.63 km NNE of Port Angeles East, Washington · 7197 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.71 km SW of Belfair, Washington · 7202 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.54 km NE of Poulsbo, Washington · 7203 days ago · 21 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 7204 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.60 km NE of Edison, Washington · 7209 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.31 km ENE of Sammamish, Washington · 7210 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.93 km SW of Burien, WA · 7213 days ago · 26 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.1Puget Sound region, Washington · 7215 days ago · 27 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 7217 days ago · 52 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.91 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 7219 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10720183 (also filed as usp000f3nc). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:45 PM UTC.