Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 25 km ENE of Ashford, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 25 km ENE of Ashford, Washington on Fri, Mar 30, 2001, 9:28 PM PST (05:28 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 3 km SSE of Gleed, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2001-03-31 05:28:19 UTC
Depth
-2.1 km (-1.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.864° N, 121.736° 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, 0.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
183°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.623 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9313 days ago · -2 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.71 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington · 9309 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.632 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 9309 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.66 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 9309 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.013 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 9308 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.72 km W of North Bend, Washington · 9308 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 1.63 km S of Ames Lake, Washington · 9300 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.23 km SSE of Ames Lake, Washington · 9300 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 1.822 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9300 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.325 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9298 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.423 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9298 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.223 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9298 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.923 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9295 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.628 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9293 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.618 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 9293 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 1.59 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 9292 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.93 km S of Carnation, Washington · 9292 days ago · 25 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.010 km NE of Nile, Washington · 9291 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.227 km SSE of Greenwater, Washington · 9290 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.810 km WSW of Skykomish, Washington · 9290 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 2.63 km SSE of Gleed, Washington · 9290 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  22. 2.38 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 9290 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 2.23 km ESE of Gleed, Washington · 9290 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.79 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 9289 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 1.84 km NNW of Dash Point, Washington · 9289 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 1.65 km ESE of Wilkeson, Washington · 9288 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 1.61 km S of Mercer Island, Washington · 9280 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 1.722 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9279 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.64 km NW of Fall City, Washington · 9278 days ago · 20 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.023 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 9276 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.424 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9275 days ago · -2 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 1.99 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 9275 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 1.524 km E of Castle Rock, Washington · 9273 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 1.917 km SSW of Packwood, Washington · 9271 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.11 km SW of Redmond, Washington · 9265 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 1.91 km S of Maple Valley, Washington · 9258 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away

Before

  1. 1.912 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 9321 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.929 km SW of White Swan, Washington · 9324 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.831 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 9327 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.532 km ENE of Amboy, Washington · 9328 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.21 km ESE of West Lake Sammamish, Washington · 9329 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 2.14 km SSE of Nile, Washington · 9331 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.01 km WSW of Medina, Washington · 9333 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.94 km NNW of Fall City, Washington · 9334 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.50 km S of Maple Valley, Washington · 9335 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.66 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 9338 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.22 km SE of Ravensdale, Washington · 9339 days ago · 22 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.57 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 9342 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.837 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 9342 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.92 km SE of Ravensdale, Washington · 9343 days ago · 21 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.73 km SSE of Longbranch, Washington · 9344 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 3.43 km ESE of Longbranch, Washington · 9344 days ago · 54 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10529408. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC.