M1.5 earthquake 5 km SW of Morton, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Morton, Washington on Sun, May 14, 2000, 4:15 PM PDT (23:15 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 18 km ENE of Packwood, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-05-14 23:15:29 UTC
- Depth
- 18.6 km (11.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.520° N, 122.320° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.73 km WSW of Elbe, Washington · 9614 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.018 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 9611 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.93 km NE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 9596 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.61 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington · 9590 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.72 km W of Gig Harbor, Washington · 9575 days ago · 46 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 1.84 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9638 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.06 km W of Greenwater, Washington · 9639 days ago · -2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.037 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 9645 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.94 km ESE of Mossyrock, Washington · 9653 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.612 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 9657 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.721 km N of Packwood, Washington · 9659 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.222 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9661 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10495973. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:53 AM UTC.