Past earthquakes in or near Washington State, USA: 2020 - list, stats and map

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In 2020, Washington State has had 0 quakes of magnitude 6.0+, the largest largest being a 6.5 quake. Look up all recent and past quakes!

Strongest: Mag. 6.5 Earthquake 21 mi NW of Stanley, Custer County, Idaho, United States -

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Past earthquakes in or near Washington State, USA: 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 31, 2020 10:22 am (Boise)	3.4 19 km	272 km (169 mi) to the SE	Southern Idaho, USA	Info
Dec 31, 2020 05:32 am (Boise)	3.1 4.8 km	232 km (144 mi) to the SE	21 Km WNW of Stanley, Idaho, USA	Info
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 30, 2020 10:31 am (Los Angeles)	3.2 20 km		2 Km S of Ravensdale, Washington, USA 24 reports	Info
Saturday, December 26, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 25, 2020 03:40 pm (GMT -9)	3.5 10 km	297 km (185 mi) to the W	181 Km SW of Port Alice, BC, Canada	Info
Thursday, December 24, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 24, 2020 12:36 pm (Boise)	3.1 8.1 km	242 km (150 mi) to the SE	10 Km WNW of Stanley, Idaho, USA	Info
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 15, 2020 09:27 am (Los Angeles)	3.2 26 km		0.6 mi northeast of Enetai, Washington, USA 42 reports	Info
Sunday, December 13, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 13, 2020 06:05 am (Boise)	3.2 10 km	248 km (154 mi) to the SE	10 mi southwest of Stanley, Idaho, USA 1 report	Info
Friday, December 11, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 11, 2020 12:40 pm (Boise)	4.1 5 km	206 km (128 mi) to the SE	Custer County, 81 mi northeast of Boise, Idaho, USA 3 reports	Info
Saturday, December 5, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 5, 2020 01:19 am (Denver)	3.2 12 km	213 km (132 mi) to the E	1 mi southeast of Columbia Falls, Montana, USA 14 reports	Info
Friday, December 4, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 4, 2020 07:07 am (Los Angeles)	3.5 48 km	88 km (55 mi) to the SW	3.6 mi northeast of Grand Ronde, Oregon, USA 16 reports	Info
Sunday, November 29, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 29, 2020 03:38 pm (Edmonton)	3.2 1 km	193 km (120 mi) to the NE	East Kootenay, 14 km northwest of Elkford, British Columbia, Canada	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 3.6 x 10¹⁴ joules (100 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 86301 tons of TNT or 5.4 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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