Washington earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 4 km WSW of Darrington, Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Darrington, Washington on Tue, Jun 16, 1981, 12:12 PM PDT (19:12 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 3 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-06-16 19:12:18 UTC
Depth
9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.239° N, 121.657° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
165°
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: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.63 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16532 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.62 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16532 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.62 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16532 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 3.47 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16528 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.36 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16528 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.15 km E of Deming, Washington · 16528 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.77 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16528 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16528 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16528 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.37 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16528 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 1.97 km E of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.55 km NE of Port Townsend, Washington · 16525 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.26 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16523 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.96 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16523 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.36 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16523 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 1.96 km E of Deming, Washington · 16523 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.96 km E of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.06 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.56 km E of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.95 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16521 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  21. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16521 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 1.87 km SSE of Kendall, Washington · 16521 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.55 km W of Darrington, Washington · 16520 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 1.73 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16519 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 1.51 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington · 16518 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 1.53 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16518 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.85 km WNW of Lofall, Washington · 16516 days ago · 52 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 1.97 km SSE of Kendall, Washington · 16515 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.87 km E of Carnation, Washington · 16514 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 1.95 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16511 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.07 km E of Deming, Washington · 16504 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 2.04 km W of Darrington, Washington · 16503 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 1.8Washington · 16497 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  34. 1.93 km W of Fobes Hill, Washington · 16490 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16490 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.70 km NNE of Duvall, Washington · 16485 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.44 km NNE of Tracyton, Washington · 16481 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 1.913 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16475 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 1.516 km SSE of Darrington, Washington · 16535 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.915 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16538 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.815 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16538 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.37 km ENE of Quilcene, Washington · 16541 days ago · 52 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 2.412 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 16544 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.9Washington · 16547 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.53 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16547 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.56 km NNW of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 16548 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 1.814 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16553 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.512 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16553 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.67 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16556 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.68 km SSW of Concrete, Washington · 16559 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 1.611 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16559 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.71 km SE of Redmond, Washington · 16562 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.519 km NNE of Index, Washington · 16563 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10111088. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.