Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 22 km ENE of Ashford, Washington on Fri, May 4, 2001, 5:02 PM PDT (00:02 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 11 km NNE of Ashford, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2001-05-05 00:02:46 UTC
Depth
-0.9 km (-0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.841° N, 121.768° 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, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 19 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.64 km NW of Fall City, Washington · 9278 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 2.023 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 9276 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 2.424 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9275 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.99 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 9275 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.524 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 9273 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.917 km SSW of Packwood, Washington · 9271 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.11 km SW of Redmond, Washington · 9265 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.91 km S of Maple Valley, Washington · 9258 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 1.81 km SW of Wauna, Washington · 9250 days ago · 46 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.722 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9246 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 1.61 km W of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 9233 days ago · 25 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.77 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 9233 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.912 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 9232 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.114 km ESE of Ashford, Washington · 9232 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.75 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 9232 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.53 km W of Burley, Washington · 9230 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.74 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 9228 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.60 km N of Newport, Washington · 9227 days ago · 22 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 3.311 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 9223 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 20

Before

  1. 1.61 km S of Mercer Island, Washington · 9280 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 2.019 km E of West Side Highway, Washington · 9288 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.65 km ESE of Wilkeson, Washington · 9288 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.84 km NNW of Dash Point, Washington · 9289 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.79 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 9289 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.23 km ESE of Gleed, Washington · 9290 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 2.38 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 9290 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.63 km SSE of Gleed, Washington · 9290 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.810 km WSW of Skykomish, Washington · 9290 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.227 km SSE of Greenwater, Washington · 9290 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.010 km NE of Nile, Washington · 9291 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.93 km S of Carnation, Washington · 9292 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.59 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 9292 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.618 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 9293 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.628 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9293 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 1.923 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9295 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.223 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9298 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.423 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9298 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.325 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9298 days ago · -2 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 1.822 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9300 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10520608. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC.