Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 6 km W of Burley, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km W of Burley, Washington on Mon, Jun 1, 1987, 8:00 PM PDT (03:00 UTC), 23 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km E of Edmonds, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1987-06-02 03:00:48 UTC
Depth
23.5 km (14.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.424° N, 122.711° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
32

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.03 km NNW of Ravensdale, Washington · 14359 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.06 km NE of Duvall, Washington · 14351 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.49 km W of Gorst, Washington · 14349 days ago · 18 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.32 km W of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 14346 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.72 km E of Edmonds, Washington · 14340 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.911 km SSW of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 14338 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.48 km W of Port Townsend, Washington · 14337 days ago · 45 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 1.58 km ENE of Hoodsport, Washington · 14336 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.92 km WNW of City of Sammamish, Washington · 14333 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 1.823 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 14332 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.45 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 14331 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.923 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 14324 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.711 km ENE of Hoodsport, Washington · 14312 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 1.625 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 14312 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  15. 1.85 km NE of Tanner, Washington · 14306 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 2.13 km SSW of Clinton, Washington · 14365 days ago · 28 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.54 km W of Chico, Washington · 14368 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 1.77 km ENE of Mossyrock, Washington · 14376 days ago · 22 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.11 km E of Algona, Washington · 14385 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10218173. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:39 PM UTC.