Washington earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 5 km W of Burley, Washington

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km W of Burley, Washington on Tue, Oct 23, 1984, 5:09 PM PDT (00:09 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 3 km S of Woodway, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-10-24 00:09:22 UTC
Depth
22.9 km (14.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.414° N, 122.704° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.92 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 15306 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.03 km S of Woodway, Washington · 15304 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.54 km NE of Mukilteo, Washington · 15298 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.520 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 15296 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.91 km E of Brier, Washington · 15292 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.610 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 15291 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.62 km N of Lakeland South, Washington · 15287 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.92 km WSW of Medina, Washington · 15285 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.73 km NE of Woods Creek, Washington · 15285 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.124 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 15285 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.117 km SE of Neilton, Washington · 15284 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.01 km N of Woods Creek, Washington · 15282 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.84 km S of Bell Hill, Washington · 15281 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.88 km S of Central Park, Washington · 15281 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.735 km NE of Amanda Park, Washington · 15278 days ago · 31 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.27 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15277 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.91 km ENE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15277 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.815 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 15272 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.26 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15272 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.72 km E of Kirkland, Washington · 15271 days ago · 23 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.51 km W of Southworth, Washington · 15262 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 1.91 km NNE of Crocker, Washington · 15255 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 1.50 km NW of Carnation, Washington · 15255 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 3.25 km W of Home, Washington · 15255 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 1.533 km N of Amanda Park, Washington · 15255 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 1.62 km ENE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15254 days ago · 24 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.96 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15254 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.82 km SE of Shoreline, Washington · 15254 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.713 km NNE of Tanner, Washington · 15254 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.20 km N of Woodway, Washington · 15251 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away

Before

  1. 1.74 km W of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15313 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.70 km W of Quilcene, Washington · 15315 days ago · 46 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.06 km E of Ashford, Washington · 15315 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.52 km NNE of Esperance, Washington · 15321 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.53 km SSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 15323 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 1.53 km ENE of Woods Creek, Washington · 15324 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.84 km W of Gorst, Washington · 15328 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 1.53 km ESE of Woods Creek, Washington · 15329 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.56 km S of Bell Hill, Washington · 15336 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.67 km WNW of Lofall, Washington · 15336 days ago · 51 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.13 km S of South Prairie, Washington · 15338 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10184068. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.