M2.7 earthquake 48 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 48 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington on Mon, Jan 7, 2008, 2:02 PM PST (22:02 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-07 22:02:08 UTC
- Depth
- -0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.062° N, 120.810° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | Md, duration | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.07 · 5 stations |
| 2.7 | 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 uw10733018. 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 1.9 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.049 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.45 km ENE of Waterville, Washington · 6842 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 6839 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.61 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 6838 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Darrington, Washington · 6836 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.821 km NNW of Marblemount, Washington · 6831 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6830 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.91 km WNW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 6826 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Darrington, Washington · 6824 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.614 km WSW of Conconully, Washington · 6824 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.210 km ENE of Cashmere, Washington · 6809 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.29 km NE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 6807 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.00 km NW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 6799 days ago · 25 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.75 km N of Woods Creek, Washington · 6793 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.837 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 6786 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 1.727 km NNW of Winthrop, Washington · 6848 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.622 km ESE of Waterville, Washington · 6848 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.52 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 6850 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 6857 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 6869 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.714 km ENE of Winthrop, Washington · 6870 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.81 km NW of Woods Creek, Washington · 6874 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10733018 (also filed as usp000fw7c). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC.