M1.9 earthquake 3 km SE of Custer, Washington
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 3 km SE of Custer, Washington on Tue, Jul 22, 2008, 12:39 PM PDT (19:39 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 3 km NNE of Port Townsend, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-22 19:39:28 UTC
- Depth
- 1.4 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.898° N, 122.596° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 26.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 176°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.93 km NNE of Port Townsend, Washington · 6640 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
- 1.58 km NNE of Anacortes, Washington · 6629 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.84 km SE of Camano, Washington · 6628 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Mission, Canada · 6626 days ago · -1 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 6621 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 1.54 km S of Bay View, Washington · 6651 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.73 km E of Bryant, Washington · 6656 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Lake McMurray, Washington · 6657 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.913 km E of North Saanich, Canada · 6660 days ago · 54 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Bay View, Washington · 6660 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.55 km W of Port Townsend, Washington · 6676 days ago · 23 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Coupeville, Washington · 6676 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10750503. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:41 AM UTC.