Washington earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 1 km WSW of Echo Lake, Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Echo Lake, Washington on Sat, Feb 5, 1983, 6:27 AM PST (14:27 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 2 km W of Fall City, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-02-05 14:27:06 UTC
Depth
20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.777° N, 122.063° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 46 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.01 km SW of Port Orchard, Washington · 15935 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.93 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 15932 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.716 km NE of May Creek, Washington · 15931 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.913 km WSW of Greenwater, Washington · 15930 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.74 km W of Vashon, Washington · 15926 days ago · 50 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.53 km SSW of Puyallup, Washington · 15926 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 1.73 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 15922 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.85 km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 15921 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 2.016 km WSW of Quilcene, Washington · 15920 days ago · 44 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.00 km WNW of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15919 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.11 km NW of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15919 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.63 km NW of White Center, Washington · 15918 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.11 km W of Crocker, Washington · 15917 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 1.61 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 15916 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 1.70 km E of Port Townsend, Washington · 15915 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.25 km N of Startup, Washington · 15915 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.52 km ESE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 15913 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.92 km W of Fall City, Washington · 15911 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.917 km NE of May Creek, Washington · 15910 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.92 km NNW of Skykomish, Washington · 15909 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.65 km N of North Sultan, Washington · 15907 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.82 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15905 days ago · 20 km deep · 42 km away
  23. 2.04 km NNW of Fall City, Washington · 15904 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 1.81 km WNW of City of Sammamish, Washington · 15904 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 2.013 km E of Verlot, Washington · 15903 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.03 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15903 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  27. 2.53 km NNW of Gorst, Washington · 15902 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.22 km E of Mount Vernon, Washington · 15902 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.34 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington · 15902 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 1.94 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15902 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.01 km ESE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15897 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.35 km WNW of Meadowdale, Washington · 15896 days ago · 15 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 1.83 km ESE of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15890 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 1.82 km ESE of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15890 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.11 km S of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15889 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 1.714 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 15888 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.76 km SW of Hansville, Washington · 15887 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 2.33 km WNW of La Conner, Washington · 15886 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 1.61 km N of Ames Lake, Washington · 15883 days ago · 69 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 2.710 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 15880 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.80 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15879 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 1.71 km S of Bay View, Washington · 15879 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  43. 1.93 km NW of Rockport, Washington · 15879 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 1.913 km E of Wilkeson, Washington · 15878 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 1.76 km SW of Hansville, Washington · 15878 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  46. 1.52 km N of Skykomish, Washington · 15877 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 2.09 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington · 15940 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.64 km SSW of Des Moines, Washington · 15940 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.74 km S of Seattle, Washington · 15941 days ago · 17 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.913 km ENE of Verlot, Washington · 15941 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.87 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington · 15942 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.75 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 15943 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.96 km SSE of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15943 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.70 km ENE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15943 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.55 km SW of Clinton, Washington · 15944 days ago · 26 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 3.06 km E of Carbonado, Washington · 15949 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.64 km S of Monroe, Washington · 15950 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.610 km NNW of Belfair, Washington · 15958 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.26 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15960 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.01 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15961 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.91 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15961 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.01 km NE of Maple Valley, Washington · 15961 days ago · 21 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.61 km ESE of Port Townsend, Washington · 15962 days ago · 18 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.96 km SSW of Hansville, Washington · 15963 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10149848. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:09 AM UTC.