Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Basin City, WA

M 2.0

Latest: 2:56 pm PST on 1 December 2025 · 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Basin City, WA

The most recent earthquake near Basin City was M 2.0, 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Basin City, WA, at 2:56 pm PST on 1 December 2025.

Within 30 km since 2016: 15 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 1
Largest since 2016: M 2.4 on 18 May 2019, 22 km (14 mi) WSW of Basin City, WA
Reported felt: 3 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 5 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 4 minutes ago · this page 02:51 UTC

The latest 15

2.0 21 km (13 mi) SSE of Basin City, WA Dec 1, 2025
2:56 pm PST
1.8 22 km (14 mi) NE of Basin City, WA Jun 12, 2025
3:10 pm PDT
1.6 23 km (15 mi) SSE of Basin City, WA Oct 9, 2024
2:52 pm PDT
1.7 20 km (12 mi) SSE of Basin City, WA Jan 25, 2024
2:35 pm PST
1.7 20 km (12 mi) SSE of Basin City, WA Jul 16, 2019
11:40 am PDT
2.4 22 km (14 mi) WSW of Basin City, WA May 18, 2019
12:18 pm PDT
1.6 21 km (13 mi) SW of Basin City, WA May 10, 2019
4:20 am PDT
1.6 22 km (14 mi) NNW of Basin City, WA Oct 31, 2018
11:15 am PDT
2.3 22 km (14 mi) SSW of Basin City, WA · felt by 2 Oct 5, 2018
1:09 am PDT
1.9 22 km (14 mi) SSW of Basin City, WA · felt by 5 Sep 28, 2018
9:27 pm PDT
1.6 22 km (14 mi) SSW of Basin City, WA Jun 13, 2018
3:45 pm PDT
1.9 21 km (13 mi) S of Basin City, WA May 4, 2018
11:16 am PDT
1.7 18 km (11 mi) E of Basin City, WA · felt by 2 May 9, 2017
12:40 pm PDT
1.5 21 km (13 mi) SSW of Basin City, WA Jan 24, 2017
2:15 am PST
1.9 17 km (10 mi) E of Basin City, WA Sep 1, 2016
12:22 pm PDT

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Basin City time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Basin City are listed even when they are further out.

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The white circle is Basin City; dots are the 15 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Basin City.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.

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