Washington earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 26 km ENE of Ashford, Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 26 km ENE of Ashford, Washington on Wed, Aug 2, 2000, 6:45 PM PDT (01:45 UTC), -3 km (-2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 33 km SW of White Swan, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2000-08-03 01:45:08 UTC
Depth
-3.0 km (-1.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.873° N, 121.730° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
163°
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.72 km NW of Mossyrock, Washington · 9553 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.52 km NW of Mossyrock, Washington · 9552 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 1.52 km NNW of Mossyrock, Washington · 9552 days ago · 18 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.91 km NW of Mossyrock, Washington · 9552 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.68 km WSW of Packwood, Washington · 9550 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.225 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 9549 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 1.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9548 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.819 km N of Packwood, Washington · 9548 days ago · -2 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.612 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 9548 days ago · -2 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 1.523 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9545 days ago · -3 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.88 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 9544 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.52 km NW of Mossyrock, Washington · 9542 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.52 km SE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 9535 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.710 km E of Ashford, Washington · 9533 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 1.810 km E of Ashford, Washington · 9533 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.517 km E of Ashford, Washington · 9532 days ago · -3 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.433 km SW of White Swan, Washington · 9528 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.637 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9528 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.64 km ESE of Mossyrock, Washington · 9528 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9524 days ago · -3 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 1.521 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9524 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 1.827 km N of Packwood, Washington · 9522 days ago · -3 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 1.61 km SSE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 9521 days ago · 22 km deep · 91 km away
  24. 2.017 km NNE of Cle Elum, Washington · 9520 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.718 km S of Morton, Washington · 9517 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 1.824 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9509 days ago · -3 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 1.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9509 days ago · -2 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 2.02 km WNW of Des Moines, Washington · 9508 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.52 km WNW of Des Moines, Washington · 9508 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 2.02 km W of Des Moines, Washington · 9507 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  31. 1.719 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 9507 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  32. 1.623 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9507 days ago · -3 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 1.722 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9506 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 1.92 km NE of Parkwood, Washington · 9505 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.022 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 9503 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.524 km S of Morton, Washington · 9503 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.70 km NE of Maple Valley, Washington · 9502 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 1.512 km WNW of Cliffdell, Washington · 9501 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 2.113 km WNW of Cliffdell, Washington · 9500 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 1.913 km WNW of Cliffdell, Washington · 9499 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 1.513 km NNW of Morton, Washington · 9499 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.523 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9497 days ago · -3 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 1.96 km S of Morton, Washington · 9496 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  44. 1.935 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 9496 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 1.6Washington · 9496 days ago · -2 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 2.25 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 9556 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.64 km NE of Redmond, Washington · 9556 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.62 km S of DuPont, Washington · 9558 days ago · 39 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.70 km NNE of Riverbend, Washington · 9558 days ago · 17 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.0Washington · 9559 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.023 km SW of West Wenatchee, Washington · 9564 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 1.64 km NE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 9565 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.72 km W of Gig Harbor, Washington · 9576 days ago · 46 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.66 km S of White Swan, Washington · 9583 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10499938. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC.