M2.5 earthquake 4 km WSW of Concrete, Washington
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Concrete, Washington on Wed, May 6, 2026, 10:20 PM PDT (05:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 2 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-07 05:20:07 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.531° N, 121.808° W
- Region
- Washington
- Felt reports
- 161
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.54 | ML, local (Richter) | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.210433468216309 · 44 stations |
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.043 · 70 stations |
Did you feel it?
161 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.2 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.25 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 134 days ago · 53 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington · 132 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Ferndale, Washington · 125 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.02 km NNW of Roosevelt, Washington · 124 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.15 km N of Anacortes, Washington · 122 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.71 km WNW of Marblemount, Washington · 118 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.92 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 116 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 42
- 2.42 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 116 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 1.62 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 116 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.29 km SW of White Rock, Canada · 112 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 111 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.52 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington · 106 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.64 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington · 101 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.54 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington · 101 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.42 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 92 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 3.82 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington · 92 days ago · 25 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2,079
- 2.32 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington · 92 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 67
- 2.02 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington · 92 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 2.35 km SE of Kingston, Washington · 90 days ago · 28 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.33 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 89 days ago · 26 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Lake Forest Park, Washington · 89 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.93 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington · 88 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 2.24 km WSW of Concrete, Washington · 151 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.05 km N of Anacortes, Washington · 153 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km ENE of Duvall, Washington · 155 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.75 km N of Anacortes, Washington · 158 days ago · 15 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 26
- 1.51 km E of Edmonds, Washington · 159 days ago · 27 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.52 km WNW of Arlington, Washington · 161 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Concrete, Washington · 162 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.63 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 163 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.84 km NE of Woods Creek, Washington · 166 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Concrete, Washington · 173 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
- 1.710 km NE of Abbotsford, Canada · 175 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Abbotsford, Canada · 176 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62242697 (also filed as us6000svv6). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.