Washington earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 6 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington on Mon, Mar 25, 1985, 3:30 PM PST (23:30 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 6 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-03-25 23:30:17 UTC
Depth
-0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.557° N, 121.746° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.54 km SSW of Orting, Washington · 15160 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 2.01 km SSE of Swede Heaven, Washington · 15159 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 3.36 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 15157 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.53 km SE of Swede Heaven, Washington · 15153 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.417 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 15151 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.90 km NW of Bellevue, Washington · 15151 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.70 km NW of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15150 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.25 km W of Shoreline, Washington · 15144 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.90 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15140 days ago · 23 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 1.53 km WNW of North Sultan, Washington · 15139 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 1.79 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 15139 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 1.816 km ESE of Verlot, Washington · 15138 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.90 km SE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15134 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.017 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 15133 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.65 km NNW of Woods Creek, Washington · 15133 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 1.74 km SSE of Monroe, Washington · 15133 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 1.74 km SSW of Big Lake, Washington · 15132 days ago · 13 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 2.52 km SW of Browns Point, Washington · 15131 days ago · 57 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 3.04 km SSW of Big Lake, Washington · 15131 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.61 km SSE of Enetai, Washington · 15130 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 1.94 km SSW of Big Lake, Washington · 15127 days ago · 18 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 3.35 km SSW of Big Lake, Washington · 15127 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.45 km SSW of Big Lake, Washington · 15127 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.04 km NNW of Lake McMurray, Washington · 15127 days ago · 17 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.21 km NNW of Ames Lake, Washington · 15127 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 1.65 km SE of Monroe, Washington · 15125 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 2.04 km SSE of Seabeck, Washington · 15125 days ago · 22 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.84 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 15124 days ago · 22 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 2.03 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 15124 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.24 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 15124 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
  31. 1.93 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 15122 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 1.512 km S of South Cle Elum, Washington · 15119 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  33. 1.814 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 1.523 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 15114 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 1.51 km NE of Riverton, Washington · 15106 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 1.52 km W of Artondale, Washington · 15105 days ago · 24 km deep · 74 km away

Before

  1. 2.02 km SW of Bellevue, Washington · 15164 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.71 km WSW of Bellevue, Washington · 15164 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.634 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 15165 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.71 km SSE of Medina, Washington · 15167 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 3.00 km SSW of Bellevue, Washington · 15167 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.64 km WSW of Monroe, Washington · 15167 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 3.52 km ENE of Rosedale, Washington · 15170 days ago · 53 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.91 km SE of Shoreline, Washington · 15171 days ago · 21 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.53 km SSW of Greenwater, Washington · 15171 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.65 km E of Granite Falls, WA · 15181 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 1.59 km E of Ashford, Washington · 15181 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 1.79 km NW of Belfair, Washington · 15181 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.51 km SSE of Carnation, Washington · 15181 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 3.13 km N of Bryant, Washington · 15183 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 3.73 km E of Bethel, Washington · 15188 days ago · 47 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.21 km SSE of Freeland, Washington · 15191 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.72 km ENE of Silvana, Washington · 15192 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10189783. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC.