Washington earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 2 km SSE of Snohomish, Washington

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Snohomish, Washington on Tue, Apr 4, 1972, 3:01 AM PST (11:01 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (md), minor
Local time
UTC
1972-04-04 11:01:53 UTC
Depth
21.9 km (13.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.889° N, 122.082° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.32 km SE of Snohomish, Washington · 19894 days ago · 24 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.62 km SE of Snohomish, Washington · 19894 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.13 km ENE of Des Moines, Washington · 19888 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.80 km ESE of Burien, Washington · 19881 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.91 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 19881 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.95 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington · 19880 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.81 km NW of Monroe, Washington · 19879 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.86 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 19879 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.54 km SE of Belfair, Washington · 19879 days ago · 19 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.00 km N of Artondale, Washington · 19877 days ago · 48 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.45 km S of Acme, Washington · 19874 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.08 km SW of Seabeck, Washington · 19872 days ago · 42 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.82 km E of Lea Hill, Washington · 19871 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.96 km NE of Lofall, Washington · 19871 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.43 km WSW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 19869 days ago · 25 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.61 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 19869 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 3.06 km E of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 19869 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.54 km SE of Quilcene, Washington · 19869 days ago · 19 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.27 km N of Burlington, Washington · 19869 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.43 km NNE of Enetai, Washington · 19867 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 1.90 km W of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 19866 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 1.84 km NE of Lake McMurray, Washington · 19865 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.50 km WSW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 19860 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
  24. 2.012 km NE of North Bend, Washington · 19856 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 2.23 km ESE of Klahanie, Washington · 19856 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 1.77 km N of Belfair, Washington · 19850 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 2.80 km S of Burien, Washington · 19848 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 2.94 km WNW of Alger, Washington · 19848 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 2.85 km NNW of Alger, Washington · 19848 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 1.69 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington · 19848 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.05 km NE of Lofall, Washington · 19847 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.47 km NW of Belfair, Washington · 19846 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.32 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 19842 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 2.22 km SSW of Orting, Washington · 19838 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.80 km NNE of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 19835 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 1.93 km W of Shoreline, Washington · 19835 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 1.62 km S of Vaughn, Washington · 19896 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.51 km NE of Burien, Washington · 19900 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.32 km S of Vaughn, Washington · 19908 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.60 km ENE of Edmonds, Washington · 19910 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.23 km NW of Edmonds, Washington · 19916 days ago · 22 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.01 km SSW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 19919 days ago · 20 km deep · 36 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10840003. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:55 AM UTC.