M2.8 earthquake 5 km W of Gorst, Washington

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km W of Gorst, Washington on Wed, Dec 24, 2025, 11:58 PM PST (07:58 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 2 km NNW of Ames Lake, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.82	ML, local (Richter)	Pacific Northwest Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.17084779481104473 · 114 stations
2.8	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.042 · 76 stations

17 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62211567 (also filed as us7000rkp8). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.