M0.7 earthquake 5 km NE of Amboy, Washington
A magnitude 0.7 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Amboy, Washington on Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 8:29 PM PDT (03:29 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.5 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 0.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-19 03:29:16 UTC
- Depth
- 8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.954° N, 122.401° 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. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 since this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.537 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 2 days ago · -2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 35 hr ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.718 km N of Amboy, Washington · 14 hr ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 2.725 km ENE of Yacolt, Washington · 4 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Scappoose, Oregon · 5 days ago · 23 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.720 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 6 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.820 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 17 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1,025
- 1.632 km N of Amboy, Washington · 19 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.68 km E of Ashford, Washington · 23 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.520 km S of Packwood, Washington · 23 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.827 km N of Amboy, Washington · 28 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.78 km E of Ashford, Washington · 31 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.48 km E of Ashford, Washington · 31 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 1.68 km SW of Vernonia, Oregon · 33 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw714105651. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:46 AM UTC.