Washington earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 16 km SE of Darrington, Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Darrington, Washington on Wed, Sep 25, 1985, 5:15 PM PDT (00:15 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 9 km NNW of Entiat, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-09-26 00:15:31 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.163° N, 121.422° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 0.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
227°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.83 km SSW of Swede Heaven, Washington · 14974 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.59 km WNW of Entiat, Washington · 14966 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 3.29 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 14963 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 1.94 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 14959 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.70 km ENE of Riverbend, Washington · 14957 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.33 km ENE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 14950 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 1.84 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 14945 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.66 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 14940 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 2.23 km SW of Swede Heaven, Washington · 14937 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.51 km NNE of Klahanie, Washington · 14935 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.819 km NNW of Concrete, Washington · 14932 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.26 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 14921 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.68 km ESE of Verlot, Washington · 14919 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 2.23 km S of Issaquah, Washington · 14977 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.53 km S of Monroe, Washington · 14977 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.63 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 14979 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.03 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington · 14982 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.51 km NNW of Freeland, Washington · 14983 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.21 km SSW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 14985 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.85 km E of Hobart, Washington · 14986 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 1.530 km NW of Leavenworth, Washington · 14992 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.822 km E of Skykomish, Washington · 14994 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.03 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 14999 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.32 km ENE of Keyport, Washington · 15000 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.13 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 15000 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.30 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 15000 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.34 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 15000 days ago · 17 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.73 km NE of Acme, Washington · 15000 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.81 km NNE of Port Townsend, Washington · 15003 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10196068. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.