Washington earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 5 km SSW of Sultan, Washington

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Sultan, Washington on Sun, Aug 11, 2002, 8:32 AM PDT (15:32 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 4 km ENE of Fall City, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-08-11 15:32:18 UTC
Depth
16.9 km (10.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.814° N, 121.836° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
81°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.84 km NE of Edison, Washington · 8815 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 1.93 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 8804 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.81 km NNW of Tukwila, Washington · 8801 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.63 km SSW of Des Moines, Washington · 8800 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.24 km ESE of Longbranch, Washington · 8800 days ago · 54 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.85 km E of North Stanwood, Washington · 8796 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 1.62 km SE of Alger, Washington · 8793 days ago · 14 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 1.80 km WNW of Maple Valley, Washington · 8789 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.39 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 8783 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.510 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 8783 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.39 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 8783 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.611 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8782 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.28 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8781 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.71 km SSE of Lyman, Washington · 8780 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.06 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8779 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.50 km ENE of Lyman, Washington · 8776 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.49 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 8772 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.610 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 8772 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.47 km S of Sultan, Washington · 8772 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.59 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 8772 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.19 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 8771 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.618 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8770 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.51 km SSW of Monroe, Washington · 8769 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.15 km W of Edison, Washington · 8764 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 1.75 km WSW of Edison, Washington · 8761 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
  26. 2.94 km ENE of Fall City, Washington · 8758 days ago · 17 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 2.04 km SW of Inglewood-Finn Hill, Washington · 8820 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.948 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 8824 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.02 km WSW of Gorst, Washington · 8825 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 3.31 km NNE of East Hill-Meridian, Washington · 8828 days ago · 60 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.63 km E of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 8828 days ago · 58 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.71 km S of Lochsloy, Washington · 8831 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 1.78 km ENE of Marrowstone, Washington · 8833 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.5Washington · 8833 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.79 km N of Rockport, Washington · 8834 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 3.14 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 8837 days ago · 27 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 104
  11. 1.95 km NE of Oso, Washington · 8837 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.15 km NE of Oso, Washington · 8837 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.54 km N of Oso, Washington · 8837 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  14. 1.73 km ESE of Black Diamond, Washington · 8840 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.52 km N of Oso, Washington · 8844 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.74 km NNE of Oso, Washington · 8844 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.57 km ESE of Belfair, Washington · 8845 days ago · 27 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10563478. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:26 PM UTC.