Washington earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Washington on Tue, Apr 30, 2002, 11:37 PM PDT (06:37 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 2 km N of Belfair, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-05-01 06:37:30 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.752° N, 121.859° 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 0.0 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
127°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.87 km ENE of Quilcene, Washington · 8918 days ago · 24 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.23 km SW of Des Moines, Washington · 8915 days ago · 19 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.04 km SSE of Lake McMurray, Washington · 8914 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.51 km WSW of Maple Valley, Washington · 8914 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.54 km W of Silverdale, Washington · 8912 days ago · 24 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.38 km ESE of Quilcene, Washington · 8908 days ago · 23 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.114 km WNW of Quilcene, Washington · 8905 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.88 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8905 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.73 km ESE of Lake McMurray, Washington · 8900 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.04 km S of Quilcene, Washington · 8900 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.513 km W of Quilcene, Washington · 8898 days ago · 24 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.417 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8892 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.51 km SSE of White Center, Washington · 8889 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 1.87 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8888 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.09 km NW of Belfair, Washington · 8886 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.70 km ENE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 8886 days ago · 22 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 2.117 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8885 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.217 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8885 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.12 km NE of Key Center, Washington · 8885 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.52 km NNW of City of Sammamish, Washington · 8884 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  21. 1.51 km WSW of Big Lake, Washington · 8883 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.03 km NE of Key Center, Washington · 8883 days ago · 28 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.96 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 8879 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 1.53 km SW of Three Lakes, Washington · 8876 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 1.623 km WSW of Quilcene, Washington · 8874 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 2.22 km SSW of North Bend, Washington · 8873 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 3.72 km N of Belfair, Washington · 8872 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 889
  28. 2.14 km SE of Lake McMurray, Washington · 8869 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 1.83 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 8866 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 1.94 km SSE of Carnation, Washington · 8864 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 1.74 km NW of Bryant, Washington · 8862 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 2.01 km SSW of Des Moines, Washington · 8861 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 2.010 km SSW of Sultan, Washington · 8920 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.91 km SSW of Seattle, Washington · 8922 days ago · 55 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.83 km ENE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 8923 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 1.518 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8927 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.22 km NNW of Lakeland South, Washington · 8928 days ago · 21 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.019 km NNE of May Creek, Washington · 8930 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.29 km SW of Concrete, Washington · 8933 days ago · -1 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.52 km NE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 8935 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.114 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8939 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.71 km W of Normandy Park, Washington · 8944 days ago · 24 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.75 km WNW of Belfair, Washington · 8945 days ago · 19 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10549548. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:43 PM UTC.