Washington earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 3 km WSW of Concrete, Washington

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Concrete, Washington on Sun, Apr 12, 2026, 4:12 AM PDT (11:12 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 2 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2026-04-12 11:12:34 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.524° N, 121.788° W
Felt reports
9
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.5ML, local (Richter)Pacific Northwest Seismic NetworkPreferred · Final · ±0.13092432519775676 · 27 stations
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.035 · 110 stations

Did you feel it?

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

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62233217 (also filed as us6000sph2). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC.