Washington earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 6 km NE of Tanner, Washington

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Tanner, Washington on Fri, May 7, 1982, 5:33 AM PDT (12:33 UTC), 11 km (7 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
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1982-05-07 12:33:43 UTC
Depth
11.3 km (7.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.509° N, 121.681° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.68 km E of Ashford, Washington · 16204 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.99 km E of Ashford, Washington · 16204 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 1.98 km E of Ashford, Washington · 16203 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 1.83 km ENE of Tacoma, Washington · 16203 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.67 km ESE of McKenna, Washington · 16199 days ago · 22 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.84 km ESE of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16196 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.65 km N of White Center, Washington · 16191 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.61 km SSE of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 16188 days ago · 22 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.81 km ENE of Mercer Island, Washington · 16187 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.63 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington · 16182 days ago · 23 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.64 km NNW of Skykomish, Washington · 16181 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 2.84 km S of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16181 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 3.03 km S of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16181 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.82 km WSW of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16181 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.73 km S of Cottage Lake, Washington · 16180 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 1.92 km W of Manchester, Washington · 16179 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.93 km SW of Mineral, Washington · 16178 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.616 km NNE of Index, Washington · 16176 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.56 km SSW of Fall City, Washington · 16175 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.29 km E of Ashford, Washington · 16174 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.80 km WNW of Lofall, Washington · 16173 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.52 km SSE of Lake Bosworth, Washington · 16164 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 1.911 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington · 16162 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 1.84 km NW of Edmonds, Washington · 16161 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 2.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 16160 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 1.95 km NW of Edmonds, Washington · 16160 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.54 km N of Bryant, Washington · 16158 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.223 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 16157 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 1.82 km ENE of Hobart, Washington · 16155 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 1.97 km SSW of Grapeview, Washington · 16154 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.32 km SE of Crocker, Washington · 16153 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 1.91 km SW of Roosevelt, Washington · 16153 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 1.84 km SSW of Clinton, Washington · 16211 days ago · 28 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.6Washington · 16212 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.62 km SSW of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16215 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 1.52 km SE of Dash Point, Washington · 16216 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.217 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 16221 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.93 km NW of Packwood, Washington · 16225 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.04 km E of Hobart, Washington · 16226 days ago · 72 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.40 km ESE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16230 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.11 km NNE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16232 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.90 km N of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16232 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.40 km NNE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16232 days ago · 27 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.14 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16237 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.73 km S of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 16237 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.52 km WSW of Monroe, Washington · 16238 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10133148. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC.