Washington earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 17 km SE of Carbonado, Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Carbonado, Washington on Thu, Feb 28, 2002, 1:46 AM PST (09:46 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 2 km SSE of Auburn, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-02-28 09:46:23 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.969° N, 121.894° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
121°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.616 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 8980 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.59 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 8980 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.116 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 8977 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 1.8Puget Sound region, Washington · 8975 days ago · 28 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 1.57 km WNW of Tieton, Washington · 8974 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 1.614 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8973 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.53 km NNW of Fife Heights, Washington · 8972 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.9Washington · 8971 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.73 km SW of Gorst, Washington · 8970 days ago · 23 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.811 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8965 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 1.55 km WNW of Burley, Washington · 8964 days ago · 47 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 1.614 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 8958 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.33 km ENE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, Washington · 8957 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.710 km S of Morton, Washington · 8955 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.93 km WSW of Home, Washington · 8955 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.42 km SSE of Auburn, Washington · 8954 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.12 km S of Auburn, Washington · 8954 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.58 km S of Morton, Washington · 8953 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.53 km NE of Bonney Lake, Washington · 8953 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.72 km S of Belfair, Washington · 8952 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.56 km SW of Woodway, Washington · 8950 days ago · 24 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.75 km WNW of Belfair, Washington · 8945 days ago · 19 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.71 km W of Normandy Park, Washington · 8944 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.511 km SW of Nile, Washington · 8942 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
  25. 2.114 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8939 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 1.829 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8935 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 1.52 km NE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 8935 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.22 km NNW of Lakeland South, Washington · 8928 days ago · 21 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 1.518 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8927 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 1.83 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 8923 days ago · 15 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 1.91 km SSW of Seattle, Washington · 8922 days ago · 55 km deep · 77 km away

Before

  1. 1.63 km W of Gorst, Washington · 8981 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.72 km WSW of Mill Creek East, Washington · 8986 days ago · 24 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.77 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 8987 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.523 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8989 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 3.223 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8989 days ago · -2 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8989 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.53 km NNW of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 9004 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.18 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 9008 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.814 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 9009 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.12 km W of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 9010 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10554343. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC.