Washington earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 4 km SSW of River Road, Washington

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 4 km SSW of River Road, Washington on Wed, May 2, 1984, 7:16 PM PDT (02:16 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 9 km NNW of Carlsborg, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-05-03 02:16:25 UTC
Depth
-0.7 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.028° N, 123.153° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
237°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.74 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 15480 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.19 km NNW of Carlsborg, Washington · 15478 days ago · 40 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.05 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 15476 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.9Puget Sound region, Washington · 15474 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.14 km E of Machias, Washington · 15471 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.74 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 15468 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.94 km NE of Vashon, Washington · 15466 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.115 km W of Quilcene, Washington · 15463 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.9Puget Sound region, Washington · 15458 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 1.61 km SSE of Friday Harbor, Washington · 15453 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.05 km WNW of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 15453 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.65 km NW of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 15452 days ago · 31 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 3.65 km W of Burley, Washington · 15452 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.85 km W of Burley, Washington · 15452 days ago · 22 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 1.51 km ENE of West Lake Stevens, Washington · 15451 days ago · 58 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.72 km NNW of Alger, Washington · 15449 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.03 km NNW of North Saanich, Canada · 15449 days ago · 21 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.96 km W of Burley, Washington · 15446 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  19. 2.15 km N of Burlington, Washington · 15446 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.92 km NW of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 15441 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 2.66 km SE of Edison, Washington · 15440 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.81 km WNW of Sammamish, Washington · 15439 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  23. 2.25 km ENE of Bay View, Washington · 15439 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.11 km NW of Klahanie, Washington · 15438 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 3.05 km WNW of Brinnon, Washington · 15436 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  26. 1.92 km SW of Redmond, Washington · 15435 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  27. 2.016 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 15433 days ago · 46 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 1.86 km NW of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 15432 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.321 km WNW of Skokomish, Washington · 15431 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away

Before

  1. 2.37 km WNW of Gorst, Washington · 15485 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.66 km NW of Burlington, Washington · 15486 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.711 km SSW of Seabeck, Washington · 15486 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 1.73 km S of Alger, Washington · 15490 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.09 km E of Orcas, Washington · 15492 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.72 km SSW of Everett, Washington · 15496 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.60 km E of Medina, Washington · 15499 days ago · 24 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 1.82 km E of Grapeview, Washington · 15500 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.35 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 15504 days ago · 17 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.54 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 15508 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.15 km SE of Monroe, Washington · 15509 days ago · 24 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.93 km WNW of Wauna, Washington · 15511 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10173943. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.