Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 24 km ENE of Ashford, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 24 km ENE of Ashford, Washington on Wed, Feb 14, 2001, 12:30 AM PST (08:30 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.8 The 2001 Nisqually, Washington Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2001-02-14 08:30:48 UTC
Depth
-2.1 km (-1.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.835° N, 121.735° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
153°
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: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.15 km S of Fall City, Washington · 9359 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 50
  2. 1.53 km WSW of Ellensburg, Washington · 9358 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.22 km W of Issaquah, Washington · 9350 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.510 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 9350 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.26 km E of Ashford, Washington · 9350 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.53 km WNW of Mirrormont, Washington · 9348 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 6.8The 2001 Nisqually, Washington Earthquake · 9345 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 10,725
  8. 3.43 km ESE of Longbranch, Washington · 9345 days ago · 54 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.73 km SSE of Longbranch, Washington · 9344 days ago · 51 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.92 km SE of Ravensdale, Washington · 9344 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.837 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9343 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.57 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 9343 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 2.22 km SE of Ravensdale, Washington · 9340 days ago · 22 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.66 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 9338 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.50 km S of Maple Valley, Washington · 9336 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.94 km NNW of Fall City, Washington · 9334 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 2.01 km WSW of Medina, Washington · 9334 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.14 km SSE of Nile, Washington · 9331 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.21 km ESE of West Lake Sammamish, Washington · 9330 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 2.532 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 9328 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 1.831 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 9328 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.929 km SW of White Swan, Washington · 9325 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.912 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 9321 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 1.725 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9315 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 1.623 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9314 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 1.71 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington · 9310 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 1.632 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 9310 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 1.66 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 9309 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.013 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 9309 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.72 km W of North Bend, Washington · 9309 days ago · 19 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.63 km S of Ames Lake, Washington · 9301 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
  32. 2.23 km SSE of Ames Lake, Washington · 9301 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 1.822 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9301 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 2.111 km SSW of Kittitas, Washington · 9368 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.511 km S of Kittitas, Washington · 9368 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.914 km SW of Ellensburg, Washington · 9368 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 1.723 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 9369 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.223 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9373 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.726 km SSE of Greenwater, Washington · 9374 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.32 km W of Des Moines, Washington · 9376 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.123 km S of Morton, Washington · 9379 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10523533. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC.