M1.8 earthquake 6 km NE of Riverside, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Riverside, Washington on Fri, Jun 8, 2001, 10:58 AM PDT (17:58 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 8 km NNW of Edison, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-06-08 17:58:08 UTC
- Depth
- 13.8 km (8.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.161° N, 121.947° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.22 km N of Enetai, Washington · 9236 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.61 km W of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 9233 days ago · 25 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 9233 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.75 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 9232 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.312 km WSW of Marietta, Washington · 9232 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.53 km W of Burley, Washington · 9230 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 9228 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.60 km N of Newport, Washington · 9227 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of Edison, Washington · 9227 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.713 km W of Marietta, Washington · 9224 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Edison, Washington · 9220 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.6Puget Sound region, Washington · 9217 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.31 km NNE of Boulevard Park, Washington · 9217 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.93 km SW of North Bend, Washington · 9211 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.94 km SE of Burlington, Washington · 9210 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.63 km S of Seattle, Washington · 9202 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Mirrormont, Washington · 9199 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.02 km NNE of Redmond, Washington · 9196 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.24 km SW of Shoreline, Washington · 9190 days ago · 27 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.53 km E of Oso, Washington · 9190 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
Before
- 1.76 km W of Camano, Washington · 9245 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Coupeville, Washington · 9247 days ago · 27 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Hansville, Washington · 9250 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Darrington, Washington · 9252 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.91 km S of Maple Valley, Washington · 9259 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.11 km SW of Redmond, Washington · 9265 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.02 km SE of North Stanwood, Washington · 9269 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10529418. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:27 PM UTC.