Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 4 km S of Ashford, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4 km S of Ashford, Washington on Fri, Aug 6, 1971, 6:04 AM PDT (13:04 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 0 km WSW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1971-08-06 13:04:31 UTC
Depth
0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.722° N, 122.037° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
208°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.10 km WSW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20132 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.31 km NNE of Beaux Arts Village, WA · 20131 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.121 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 20128 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.80 km ESE of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20127 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.97 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 20126 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.310 km ESE of Tanner, Washington · 20125 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.02 km SSE of Des Moines, Washington · 20124 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.032 km NNW of Trout Lake, Washington · 20121 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.77 km SE of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 20118 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.55 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 20117 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 1.87 km SE of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 20116 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.61 km SE of Burley, Washington · 20112 days ago · 15 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.14 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 20105 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 3.50 km ESE of Mercer Island, Washington · 20102 days ago · 20 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.01 km NNE of Mercer Island, Washington · 20101 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.30 km NW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20101 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.43 km E of Pacific, Washington · 20099 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.57 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington · 20097 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.24 km SE of Riverbend, Washington · 20090 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.70 km NNE of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20078 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.30 km NE of Mercer Island, Washington · 20078 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.80 km NE of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 20078 days ago · 20 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 1.917 km E of Morton, Washington · 20077 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away

Before

  1. 1.62 km S of Canterwood, Washington · 20140 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.33 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 20155 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.43 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 20160 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 2.01 km NE of Mercer Island, Washington · 20161 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10839438. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.