Washington earthquakes

M0.6 earthquake 21 km NNE of Packwood, Washington

A magnitude 0.6 earthquake struck 21 km NNE of Packwood, Washington on Sat, Sep 19, 2026, 1:07 AM PDT (08:07 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
0.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-19 08:07:48 UTC
Depth
2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.773° N, 121.522° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
148°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 since this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.537 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 3 days ago · -2 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.03 km ESE of East Renton Highlands, Washington · 2 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.55 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 46 hr ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.45 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 14 hr ago · 19 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 10
  5. 2.29 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 2 hr ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 1.511 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 5 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.14 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.57 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 10 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.710 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 13 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.617 km SSW of Nile, Washington · 14 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.14 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 20 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.632 km N of Amboy, Washington · 20 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.68 km E of Ashford, Washington · 23 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.520 km S of Packwood, Washington · 24 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 1.61 km NNE of Maple Valley, Washington · 24 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.78 km E of Ashford, Washington · 31 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.48 km E of Ashford, Washington · 31 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.517 km SSE of White Swan, Washington · 33 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw714105691. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.