Washington earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 21 km SE of Glacier, Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Glacier, Washington on Fri, Sep 26, 1980, 2:26 AM PDT (09:26 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km WSW of Big Lake, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1980-09-26 09:26:06 UTC
Depth
22.9 km (14.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.735° N, 121.769° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
240°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.72 km WSW of Big Lake, Washington · 16794 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.32 km WSW of Big Lake, Washington · 16794 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.72 km W of Big Lake, Washington · 16790 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 3.011 km S of Friday Harbor, Washington · 16786 days ago · 25 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.45 km NE of Glacier, Washington · 16777 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.45 km ESE of Deming, Washington · 16771 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.06 km ESE of Deming, Washington · 16771 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.726 km E of Darrington, Washington · 16762 days ago · -1 km deep · 64 km away

Before

  1. 1.73 km SW of Darrington, Washington · 16798 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.611 km N of Swede Heaven, Washington · 16799 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.75 km SSW of Lake McMurray, Washington · 16801 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.74 km NW of North Sultan, Washington · 16802 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.53 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington · 16802 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 3.83 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington · 16804 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.12 km NNW of Warm Beach, Washington · 16822 days ago · 29 km deep · 75 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10088728. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:31 AM UTC.