Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 3 km WSW of Elbe, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Elbe, Washington on Sun, Jun 4, 2000, 8:53 AM PDT (15:53 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 0 km NNE of Riverbend, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2000-06-04 15:53:56 UTC
Depth
16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.752° N, 122.231° 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 0.0 km horizontally, 0.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.018 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 9611 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 1.62 km ENE of White Center, Washington · 9599 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.93 km NE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 9596 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.23 km NE of Seattle, Washington · 9593 days ago · 32 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.02 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington · 9590 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 1.61 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington · 9590 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.63 km WNW of Gorst, Washington · 9587 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.75 km NE of North Bend, Washington · 9585 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.44 km W of Gorst, Washington · 9581 days ago · 21 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.72 km W of Gig Harbor, Washington · 9576 days ago · 46 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.519 km E of Kelso, Washington · 9569 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.64 km NE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 9564 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.0Washington · 9558 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.70 km NNE of Riverbend, Washington · 9557 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.62 km S of DuPont, Washington · 9557 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.25 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 9555 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  17. 1.526 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9554 days ago · -3 km deep · 40 km away

Before

  1. 2.012 km NE of Tanner, Washington · 9616 days ago · 88 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.23 km WSW of Klahanie, Washington · 9620 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.55 km SW of Morton, Washington · 9634 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.84 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9638 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.06 km W of Greenwater, Washington · 9639 days ago · -2 km deep · 59 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10498988. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:49 AM UTC.