Washington earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 2 km SSW of Bay View, Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Bay View, Washington on Fri, Dec 16, 1983, 4:11 AM PST (12:11 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 4 km E of Granite Falls, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-12-16 12:11:31 UTC
Depth
18.5 km (11.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.468° N, 122.492° 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, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
206°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.61 km SW of Bay View, Washington · 15621 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.84 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 15619 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.417 km NE of May Creek, Washington · 15611 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.22 km NNE of Redmond, Washington · 15610 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 1.75 km SW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 15610 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  6. 2.83 km N of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 15603 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.43 km ESE of Blaine, Washington · 15601 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.69 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15601 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.02 km SW of Hamilton, Washington · 15600 days ago · -1 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.57 km SSE of Quilcene, Washington · 15599 days ago · 50 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.81 km WNW of Lake Forest Park, Washington · 15599 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.54 km NE of Granite Falls, Washington · 15597 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 1.83 km N of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 15596 days ago · 18 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.38 km WNW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 15588 days ago · 51 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.16 km WSW of Swede Heaven, Washington · 15586 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 1.65 km NNE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15581 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.81 km ESE of Enetai, Washington · 15576 days ago · 29 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.818 km ESE of Darrington, Washington · 15574 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.90 km SE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15570 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.912 km WNW of Langford, Canada · 15568 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away

Before

  1. 1.54 km NE of Conway, Washington · 15626 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.80 km NNE of Ferndale, Washington · 15626 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.31 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15632 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.55 km N of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 15634 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 1.72 km N of Deming, Washington · 15636 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.22 km NW of Deming, Washington · 15636 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.3Washington · 15637 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.17 km SSW of La Conner, Washington · 15637 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.51 km NE of Quilcene, Washington · 15638 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 1.67 km S of River Road, Washington · 15638 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.98 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15638 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.210 km ENE of Verlot, Washington · 15638 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.51 km SE of Coupeville, Washington · 15645 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.55 km NNE of Bryant, Washington · 15646 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.07 km NE of Lofall, Washington · 15650 days ago · 19 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10171208. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC.