Washington earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 4 km N of Bryant, Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 4 km N of Bryant, Washington on Wed, Jun 8, 1983, 6:37 PM PDT (01:37 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 7 km NW of Orcas, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-06-09 01:37:08 UTC
Depth
16.1 km (10.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.279° N, 122.150° 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, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
207°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 38 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.54 km E of Baring, Washington · 15810 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.87 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 15808 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 1.512 km NE of Index, Washington · 15806 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.65 km E of Ault Field, Washington · 15805 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 2.010 km NW of Concrete, Washington · 15805 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.78 km N of Belfair, Washington · 15804 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 2.15 km S of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15801 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.83 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 15798 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.113 km S of Chilliwack, Canada · 15795 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 2.04 km ENE of Hobart, Washington · 15794 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 1.57 km ENE of Verlot, Washington · 15793 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.51 km E of Roosevelt, Washington · 15792 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.07 km E of Carnation, Washington · 15791 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.127 km ESE of Glacier, Washington · 15790 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.51 km ESE of Martha Lake, Washington · 15790 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.32 km SE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15788 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.89 km S of Anacortes, Washington · 15786 days ago · 21 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.13 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 15784 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.95 km ENE of Verlot, Washington · 15784 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.78 km N of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 15783 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 2.45 km W of Brinnon, Washington · 15782 days ago · 47 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.00 km WSW of Port Ludlow, Washington · 15780 days ago · 55 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 1.84 km NNE of Fall City, Washington · 15780 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.82 km ESE of Maltby, Washington · 15779 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.54 km NNW of Verlot, Washington · 15777 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 1.87 km SSE of Verlot, Washington · 15772 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 2.217 km NNE of May Creek, Washington · 15769 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.25 km SE of Klahanie, Washington · 15767 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  29. 2.110 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15766 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.64 km S of Monroe, Washington · 15762 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.03 km SW of Chico, Washington · 15761 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 1.62 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15761 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 1.55 km SSE of Swede Heaven, Washington · 15758 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.31 km N of Seabeck, Washington · 15757 days ago · 48 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.11 km ENE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15757 days ago · 24 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 1.76 km WNW of La Conner, Washington · 15755 days ago · 22 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 1.75 km WSW of Coupeville, Washington · 15755 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 1.54 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 15753 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away

Before

  1. 1.74 km WSW of Shoreline, Washington · 15814 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.53 km SW of Baring, Washington · 15814 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.03 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15815 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.14 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15815 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.92 km WNW of Vashon, Washington · 15815 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.02 km W of Port Angeles East, Washington · 15816 days ago · 37 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.61 km ESE of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 15819 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 3.13 km W of Redmond, Washington · 15819 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 1.911 km NW of Coupeville, Washington · 15819 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.81 km ENE of Suquamish, Washington · 15825 days ago · 53 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.00 km W of Fall City, Washington · 15825 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.320 km SSE of Marblemount, Washington · 15826 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 3.08 km SW of Index, Washington · 15827 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.71 km ESE of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 15830 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.81 km SE of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 15830 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.51 km W of Machias, Washington · 15831 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.111 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 15832 days ago · 57 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.07 km WSW of Seattle, Washington · 15832 days ago · 23 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.03 km SSW of Southworth, Washington · 15835 days ago · 24 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.14 km N of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 15839 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10157378. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.