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M1.5 earthquake 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 38 km NNE of Amboy, Washington on Thu, Aug 22, 1985, 4:10 PM PDT (23:10 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 15 km ENE of Packwood, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-08-22 23:10:26 UTC
Depth
-1.6 km (-1.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.206° N, 122.198° 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, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
169°
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: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.538 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 15005 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.715 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 15003 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.538 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 14997 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.813 km ESE of Ashford, Washington · 14992 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.5Washington · 14991 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.21 km NE of Brush Prairie, Washington · 14991 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.829 km S of Morton, Washington · 14986 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.37 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 14986 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.639 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 14982 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.92 km NNE of Packwood, Washington · 14975 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.637 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 14970 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.117 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington · 14967 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.5Washington · 14964 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.728 km NE of Trout Lake, Washington · 14964 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.528 km NE of Trout Lake, Washington · 14964 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.24 km S of Bingen, Washington · 14964 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.611 km NNE of La Center, Washington · 14954 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.523 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 14953 days ago · 19 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.64 km SE of Packwood, Washington · 14950 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.138 km S of Morton, Washington · 14948 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away

Before

  1. 1.738 km S of Morton, Washington · 15006 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.72 km SSE of Crocker, Washington · 15013 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 2.414 km SSE of Ashford, Washington · 15018 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.05 km SE of Pe Ell, Washington · 15018 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.6Puget Sound region, Washington · 15020 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.67 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 15022 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.97 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 15026 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.25 km ESE of Kalama, Washington · 15027 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.96 km S of Ashford, Washington · 15029 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.738 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 15029 days ago · -2 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 1.931 km S of Morton, Washington · 15029 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.126 km S of Morton, Washington · 15032 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.722 km S of Greenwater, Washington · 15032 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10195528. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC.