M1.5 earthquake 5 km W of Burley, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km W of Burley, Washington on Tue, May 1, 1979, 12:59 PM PDT (19:59 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 4 km SSW of Des Moines, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-05-01 19:59:15 UTC
- Depth
- 22.6 km (14.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.424° N, 122.709° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.84 km SSW of Des Moines, Washington · 17309 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.216 km N of Mossyrock, Washington · 17291 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.717 km N of Mossyrock, Washington · 17287 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.42 km W of Fox Island, Washington · 17265 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.73 km W of Covington, Washington · 17258 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.56 km S of Vashon, Washington · 17254 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
Before
- 2.018 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington · 17316 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Hansville, Washington · 17322 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.55 km SW of Coupeville, Washington · 17322 days ago · 16 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.6Washington · 17323 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.56 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 17327 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.74 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 17334 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5Washington · 17334 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.82 km NE of Hansville, Washington · 17336 days ago · 51 km deep · 58 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10849653. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC.