Washington earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 3 km SSE of Kingston, Washington

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Kingston, Washington on Thu, Aug 5, 1982, 10:58 PM PDT (05:58 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 2 km WNW of Artondale, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-08-06 05:58:58 UTC
Depth
14.3 km (8.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.768° N, 122.473° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
156°
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: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.92 km WNW of Artondale, Washington · 16116 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.86 km WSW of Coupeville, Washington · 16115 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.31 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 16113 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.71 km NNE of Esperance, Washington · 16111 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 1.74 km SSW of Woodway, Washington · 16111 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.51 km ESE of Edmonds, Washington · 16110 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 1.94 km SSW of Orting, Washington · 16108 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.66 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16105 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.16 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 16105 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.21 km SSE of Newport, Washington · 16104 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 2.02 km WSW of Belfair, Washington · 16103 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.33 km NW of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16102 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.13 km SSW of Shoreline, Washington · 16102 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 1.61 km ENE of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 16100 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 1.614 km NNE of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 16093 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.91 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 16093 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 2.05 km N of Friday Harbor, Washington · 16093 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.71 km NE of Shoreline, Washington · 16093 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.74 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 16091 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.86 km S of Greenwater, Washington · 16091 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 1.96 km W of Shelton, Washington · 16086 days ago · 40 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.11 km S of Sammamish, Washington · 16085 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 1.79 km ESE of Orcas, Washington · 16085 days ago · 54 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.91 km S of Sammamish, Washington · 16084 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 2.18 km SE of Camano, Washington · 16082 days ago · 26 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 2.03 km WSW of Mercer Island, Washington · 16081 days ago · 21 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 2.92 km NE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16078 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 1.54 km NNE of Cathan, Washington · 16075 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.90 km N of Lakeland South, Washington · 16072 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 1.74 km NNE of Brinnon, Washington · 16070 days ago · 48 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.87 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 16068 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 2.18 km SSE of Victoria, Canada · 16063 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.05 km WNW of Gorst, Washington · 16059 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 1.71 km S of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 16059 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away

Before

  1. 1.72 km E of Maltby, Washington · 16120 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.41 km NE of Bothell West, Washington · 16128 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.04 km ENE of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 16131 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 1.94 km ENE of Hobart, Washington · 16136 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.412 km E of Wilkeson, Washington · 16138 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.82 km WNW of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16142 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.83 km WNW of Ruston, Washington · 16144 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.93 km SE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 16147 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10136643. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC.