Washington earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 12 km SW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 12 km SW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington on Mon, Jun 5, 1972, 1:17 PM PDT (20:17 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 2 km NNE of Duvall, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1972-06-05 20:17:31 UTC
Depth
3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.303° N, 121.491° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
262°, 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: 37 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.77 km SSW of Entiat, Washington · 19829 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.61 km ESE of Indianola, Washington · 19829 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 3.32 km NNE of Duvall, Washington · 19827 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.30 km NNE of Duvall, Washington · 19827 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.7Puget Sound region, Washington · 19824 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.51 km ESE of Keyport, Washington · 19823 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.83 km SW of Home, Washington · 19821 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.414 km SSW of Alder, Washington · 19821 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.53 km ESE of Carnation, Washington · 19821 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.71 km WSW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 19821 days ago · 20 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.22 km WNW of North Bend, Washington · 19820 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 3.226 km SE of Darrington, Washington · 19817 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  13. 1.64 km WSW of Keyport, Washington · 19816 days ago · 22 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 3.41 km NNW of Fobes Hill, Washington · 19812 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.51 km NW of Fobes Hill, Washington · 19812 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.114 km NNW of Greenwater, Washington · 19811 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.63 km SSE of Fox Island, Washington · 19809 days ago · 49 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.21 km SSW of Nile, Washington · 19807 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.423 km SE of Darrington, Washington · 19803 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.85 km WSW of North Bend, Washington · 19802 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.18 km E of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 19802 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.025 km SE of Darrington, Washington · 19800 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.51 km NE of Three Lakes, Washington · 19799 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.70 km NNE of Wilburton, Washington · 19790 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.23 km SSW of Ames Lake, Washington · 19788 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 1.72 km ENE of Mirrormont, Washington · 19784 days ago · 22 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 2.20 km E of Parkwood, Washington · 19783 days ago · 42 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.34 km WNW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 19781 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 2.06 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 19780 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 1.81 km N of Mercer Island, Washington · 19780 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 3.04 km SE of Kingston, Washington · 19779 days ago · 22 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 2.04 km SE of Kingston, Washington · 19779 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 2.15 km WNW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 19778 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.30 km SSW of Burien, Washington · 19778 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.14 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 19775 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.64 km N of Fall City, Washington · 19773 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 1.78 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 19773 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away

Before

  1. 1.93 km W of Shoreline, Washington · 19835 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.80 km NNE of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 19835 days ago · 18 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.416 km WNW of Packwood, Washington · 19837 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  4. 2.22 km SSW of Orting, Washington · 19838 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 3.08 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 19839 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.32 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 19842 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.721 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 19848 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.69 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington · 19848 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.80 km S of Burien, Washington · 19848 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.23 km ESE of Klahanie, Washington · 19856 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.012 km NE of North Bend, Washington · 19856 days ago · -1 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.50 km WSW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 19860 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10840073. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.