Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 10 km SSW of Darrington, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Darrington, Washington on Tue, May 1, 1984, 6:25 AM PDT (13:25 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 3 km NW of Fall City, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-05-01 13:25:15 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.163° N, 121.635° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, 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: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.13 km NW of Fall City, Washington · 15483 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.86 km NE of Tanner, Washington · 15483 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 1.72 km NNW of Fall City, Washington · 15483 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.15 km SSW of Fall City, Washington · 15481 days ago · 20 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.514 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15481 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.74 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 15480 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.05 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 15475 days ago · 17 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.14 km E of Machias, Washington · 15470 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.66 km SW of Baring, Washington · 15467 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.81 km W of Hobart, Washington · 15466 days ago · 22 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.94 km NE of Vashon, Washington · 15465 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.116 km S of Glacier, Washington · 15464 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 1.6Washington · 15464 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.211 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 15456 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.69 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 15455 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.64 km NNW of Verlot, Washington · 15453 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 2.05 km WNW of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 15452 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.65 km NW of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 15452 days ago · 31 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.51 km ENE of West Lake Stevens, Washington · 15451 days ago · 58 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.53 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 15449 days ago · -1 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.72 km NNW of Alger, Washington · 15449 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  22. 1.85 km ESE of Carnation, Washington · 15448 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 1.84 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15447 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  24. 2.15 km N of Burlington, Washington · 15445 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 2.330 km WSW of Twisp, Washington · 15440 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  26. 1.92 km NW of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 15440 days ago · 26 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.66 km SE of Edison, Washington · 15440 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 1.81 km WNW of Sammamish, Washington · 15438 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.25 km ENE of Bay View, Washington · 15438 days ago · 14 km deep · 69 km away
  30. 2.36 km W of Rockport, Washington · 15438 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  31. 2.11 km NW of Klahanie, Washington · 15437 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  32. 1.92 km SW of Redmond, Washington · 15435 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  33. 2.016 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 15433 days ago · 46 km deep · 95 km away
  34. 1.86 km NW of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 15432 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.830 km ENE of Glacier, Washington · 15429 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away

Before

  1. 1.66 km NW of Burlington, Washington · 15485 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.96 km SSE of Concrete, Washington · 15486 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.92 km S of Ames Lake, Washington · 15487 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.73 km S of Alger, Washington · 15489 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 1.72 km SSW of Everett, Washington · 15495 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.57 km NE of Verlot, Washington · 15498 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.60 km E of Medina, Washington · 15499 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.014 km E of Tanner, Washington · 15499 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 1.93 km NW of Fall City, Washington · 15502 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.14 km WNW of Fall City, Washington · 15502 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 1.72 km SW of Issaquah, Washington · 15504 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.15 km SE of Monroe, Washington · 15508 days ago · 24 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.510 km S of Swede Heaven, Washington · 15509 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10173568. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:24 AM UTC.