Washington earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km NNW of Skykomish, Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Skykomish, Washington on Thu, Jun 3, 1982, 12:57 PM PDT (19:57 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km S of Cottage Lake, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-06-03 19:57:41 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.745° N, 121.375° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
165°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.84 km S of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16182 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 3.03 km S of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16182 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.82 km WSW of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16182 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.73 km S of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16181 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.92 km W of Manchester, Washington · 16180 days ago · 23 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.616 km NNE of Index, Washington · 16177 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 2.56 km SSW of Fall City, Washington · 16176 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.80 km WNW of Lofall, Washington · 16174 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.53 km WSW of Entiat, Washington · 16166 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.52 km SSE of Lake Bosworth, Washington · 16165 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.911 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington · 16163 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.84 km NW of Edmonds, Washington · 16162 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 16161 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.95 km NW of Edmonds, Washington · 16161 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.54 km N of Bryant, Washington · 16159 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.82 km ENE of Hobart, Washington · 16156 days ago · 19 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 2.32 km SE of Crocker, Washington · 16154 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.91 km SW of Roosevelt, Washington · 16154 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 1.93 km SE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 16148 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.724 km S of Greenwater, Washington · 16145 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.82 km WNW of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16143 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 1.521 km SSE of Marblemount, Washington · 16143 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  23. 1.61 km SW of Wenatchee, Washington · 16141 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  24. 1.65 km W of Sunnyslope, Washington · 16141 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.412 km E of Wilkeson, Washington · 16139 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 1.94 km ENE of Hobart, Washington · 16136 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.72 km NNE of Rockport, Washington · 16132 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 1.91 km WNW of Rockport, Washington · 16131 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.41 km NE of Bothell West, Washington · 16129 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 2.111 km S of Greenwater, Washington · 16129 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  31. 1.543 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 16124 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away

Before

  1. 1.63 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington · 16183 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.81 km ENE of Mercer Island, Washington · 16188 days ago · 20 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 1.61 km SSE of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 16189 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.65 km N of White Center, Washington · 16192 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.84 km ESE of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16197 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.811 km WNW of Entiat, Washington · 16204 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.83 km ENE of Tacoma, Washington · 16204 days ago · 21 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 1.96 km NE of Tanner, Washington · 16210 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.84 km SSW of Clinton, Washington · 16212 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10134943. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:05 AM UTC.