M2.3 earthquake 3 km NNW of Glacier, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km NNW of Glacier, Washington on Mon, Feb 16, 2026, 1:51 AM PST (09:51 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 3 km WSW of Concrete, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-02-16 09:51:05 UTC
- Depth
- 0.2 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.914° N, 121.969° W
- Region
- Washington
- Felt reports
- 2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.28 | ML, local (Richter) | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.15234211955844446 · 19 stations |
| 2.2 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.047 · 60 stations |
Did you feel it?
2 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 79°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64 km SSE of Mount Vernon, Washington · 227 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.232 km NNW of Hope, Canada · 223 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Tulalip Bay, Washington · 213 days ago · 28 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Alger, Washington · 211 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.115 km ESE of Acme, Washington · 196 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710 km NE of Abbotsford, Canada · 179 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Abbotsford, Canada · 178 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Concrete, Washington · 176 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 9
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62218817 (also filed as us6000s9h6). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.