Washington earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 5 km ENE of Carnation, Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Carnation, Washington on Thu, Jan 4, 1973, 10:51 AM PST (18:51 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 7 km W of Home, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1973-01-04 18:51:46 UTC
Depth
24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.662° N, 121.838° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
177°
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 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km W of Lofall, Washington · 19614 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 2.25 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 19614 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 3.44 km NW of Woods Creek, Washington · 19612 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.94 km NNW of Woods Creek, Washington · 19612 days ago · 15 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.64 km WSW of Woodway, Washington · 19604 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.03 km ESE of Black Diamond, Washington · 19602 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.90 km NNW of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 19599 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.80 km NNE of City of Sammamish, Washington · 19599 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.27 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 19595 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.71 km E of Sammamish, Washington · 19591 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 3.04 km SW of Southworth, Washington · 19590 days ago · 46 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.94 km SSW of Gorst, Washington · 19588 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.73 km ENE of Verlot, Washington · 19584 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.65 km WSW of Mercer Island, Washington · 19584 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  15. 2.213 km SSW of May Creek, Washington · 19584 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.01 km E of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 19581 days ago · 19 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.53 km NW of Indianola, Washington · 19579 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.18 km WNW of Gorst, Washington · 19576 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 3.87 km W of Home, Washington · 19575 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.67 km SW of North Bend, Washington · 19573 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 1.62 km NNW of Kapowsin, Washington · 19572 days ago · 67 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.11 km NNW of White Center, Washington · 19572 days ago · 24 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.54 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 19564 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 2.47 km NNE of Bryant, Washington · 19626 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.816 km SW of Brinnon, Washington · 19627 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.27 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 19627 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.81 km NW of Larch Way, Washington · 19628 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  5. 1.81 km WSW of Wauna, Washington · 19630 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.60 km W of Riverbend, Washington · 19630 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.90 km N of Newport, Washington · 19633 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.14 km NNW of Maplewood, Washington · 19634 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.93 km NNE of Indianola, Washington · 19635 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.214 km N of Cliffdell, Washington · 19636 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.89 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 19643 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.09 km ENE of Duvall, Washington · 19646 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.820 km WSW of Brinnon, Washington · 19646 days ago · 42 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.72 km SW of Southworth, Washington · 19649 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 1.87 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 19649 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.912 km ESE of Cle Elum, Washington · 19651 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 1.76 km S of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 19652 days ago · 29 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 3.24 km SE of Kingston, Washington · 19652 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10855523. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC.