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M1.3 earthquake 30 km E of Kelso, Washington

A magnitude 1.3 earthquake struck 30 km E of Kelso, Washington on Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 10:19 AM PDT (17:19 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M1.5 37 km NNE of Amboy, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.3 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-19 17:19:48 UTC
Depth
14.1 km (8.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.191° N, 122.512° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

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How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
88°
Stations used
33

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 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.537 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 2 days ago · -2 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 1.55 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 35 hr ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.718 km N of Amboy, Washington · 14 hr ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away

Before

  1. 2.725 km ENE of Yacolt, Washington · 4 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.511 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 5 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.010 km SSE of Scappoose, Oregon · 5 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.720 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 6 days ago · 17 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.57 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 10 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.820 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 17 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1,025
  7. 1.632 km N of Amboy, Washington · 19 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 1.68 km E of Ashford, Washington · 23 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 1.520 km S of Packwood, Washington · 23 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.66 km NE of Rochester, Washington · 27 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.827 km N of Amboy, Washington · 28 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 1.78 km E of Ashford, Washington · 31 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.48 km E of Ashford, Washington · 31 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  14. 1.68 km SW of Vernonia, Oregon · 33 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw714105811. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.