M1.5 earthquake 4 km N of Dash Point, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km N of Dash Point, Washington on Thu, Jan 7, 1993, 4:53 AM PST (12:53 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 17 km SW of Skykomish, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1993-01-07 12:53:09 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.361° N, 122.438° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 35°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.417 km SW of Skykomish, Washington · 12322 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.917 km SW of Skykomish, Washington · 12321 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.09 km S of Morton, Washington · 12319 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.03 km WSW of Wauna, Washington · 12303 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.526 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 12299 days ago · -2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.61 km N of Eatonville, Washington · 12297 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.727 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 12286 days ago · -2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.923 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 12280 days ago · -2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.712 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 12265 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 1.81 km SSW of Sammamish, Washington · 12330 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.53 km SSW of Mirrormont, Washington · 12331 days ago · -1 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 12339 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.57 km S of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 12341 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10301963. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC.