Washington earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km E of Wilkeson, Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km E of Wilkeson, Washington on Tue, Mar 2, 1982, 6:00 AM PST (14:00 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 0 km NNE of Bainbridge Island, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1982-03-02 14:00:42 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.089° N, 121.849° 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, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
96°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 50 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.015 km ENE of Nile, Washington · 16287 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.87 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16287 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 1.524 km S of Morton, Washington · 16286 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 1.823 km S of Morton, Washington · 16286 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.923 km S of Morton, Washington · 16286 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.62 km SE of Dash Point, Washington · 16286 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.18 km E of Ashford, Washington · 16285 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 1.54 km SE of Ames Lake, Washington · 16283 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.624 km S of Morton, Washington · 16283 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.57 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16283 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.37 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16283 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 1.710 km WNW of Snoqualmie Pass, Washington · 16281 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 1.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 16281 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 2.43 km NE of Mineral, Washington · 16279 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.91 km NW of Artondale, Washington · 16279 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.10 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16276 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.94 km SW of Crocker, Washington · 16276 days ago · 71 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.64 km SSE of Lea Hill, Washington · 16273 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.718 km S of Morton, Washington · 16273 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.122 km S of Morton, Washington · 16273 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.82 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 16270 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.423 km S of Morton, Washington · 16269 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.615 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 16269 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 1.623 km S of Morton, Washington · 16268 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  25. 1.93 km ESE of Indianola, Washington · 16264 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 2.04 km S of Shoreline, Washington · 16264 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 1.632 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16263 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 1.923 km S of Morton, Washington · 16263 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.51 km SSE of Parkwood, Washington · 16259 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 1.525 km S of Morton, Washington · 16258 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.222 km S of Morton, Washington · 16257 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 1.54 km ESE of Greenwater, Washington · 16257 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 1.95 km E of Mossyrock, Washington · 16254 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.538 km S of Morton, Washington · 16254 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
  35. 1.52 km WSW of Monroe, Washington · 16251 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
  36. 2.14 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16249 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 2.222 km S of Morton, Washington · 16248 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  38. 2.021 km S of Morton, Washington · 16246 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 3.40 km NNE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16244 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 1.90 km N of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16244 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.11 km NNE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16244 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.40 km ESE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 16242 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 1.726 km S of Morton, Washington · 16241 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 2.04 km E of Hobart, Washington · 16239 days ago · 72 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 1.93 km NW of Packwood, Washington · 16237 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 2.217 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 16233 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.721 km S of Morton, Washington · 16232 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.5Washington · 16229 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 1.52 km SE of Dash Point, Washington · 16229 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.62 km SSW of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16228 days ago · 21 km deep · 46 km away

Before

  1. 1.823 km S of Morton, Washington · 16287 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.024 km S of Morton, Washington · 16288 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.923 km SSE of Packwood, Washington · 16288 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.823 km S of Morton, Washington · 16288 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.723 km S of Morton, Washington · 16288 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 4.423 km S of Morton, Washington · 16288 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.713 km NNE of Cliffdell, Washington · 16289 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 1.50 km ESE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 16290 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.15 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 16290 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.75 km W of La Grande, Washington · 16293 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.53 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 16293 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.323 km S of Morton, Washington · 16293 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.124 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 16298 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.614 km ENE of Nile, Washington · 16299 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.722 km S of Morton, Washington · 16300 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 2.02 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 16301 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 1.513 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 16303 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.74 km W of Wauna, Washington · 16307 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.89 km NNW of Packwood, Washington · 16308 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.313 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 16309 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10125723. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC.