M2.6 earthquake 4 km WSW of Concrete, Washington
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Concrete, Washington on Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 7:06 AM PST (15:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 2 km NNW of Ames Lake, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-12-15 15:06:20 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.526° N, 121.801° W
- Region
- Washington
- Felt reports
- 78
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.13062682820060245 · 15 stations |
| 2.8 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.039 · 86 stations |
Did you feel it?
78 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.94 km WSW of Concrete, Washington · 291 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 40
- 1.74 km WSW of Concrete, Washington · 291 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.53 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington · 277 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington · 277 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.56 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington · 276 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington · 276 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.93 km E of Bay View, Washington · 274 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.31 km NNE of La Conner, Washington · 271 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Freeland, Washington · 269 days ago · 14 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.48 km N of North Sultan, Washington · 267 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 20
- 1.88 km W of Ault Field, Washington · 259 days ago · 23 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.02 km NNW of Ames Lake, Washington · 253 days ago · 27 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 289
- 2.712 km WSW of Anacortes, Washington · 249 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 34
Before
- 2.14 km SE of Mount Vernon, Washington · 300 days ago · 18 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04 km WNW of Edison, Washington · 301 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.71 km SE of Shoreline, Washington · 303 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.22 km NNE of La Conner, Washington · 305 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89 km WNW of White Rock, Canada · 305 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.12 km NNE of La Conner, Washington · 305 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.12 km NE of La Conner, Washington · 305 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.92 km NE of La Conner, Washington · 305 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.97 km S of La Conner, Washington · 309 days ago · 23 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.50 km W of Snohomish, Washington · 317 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km SW of Skykomish, Washington · 320 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Warm Beach, Washington · 320 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62209737 (also filed as us6000ruzg). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC.