Washington earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 0 km WSW of Bellevue, Washington

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 0 km WSW of Bellevue, Washington on Fri, May 9, 2003, 1:40 AM PDT (08:40 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 4 km SSW of Gorst, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2003-05-09 08:40:58 UTC
Depth
29.2 km (18.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.608° N, 122.210° 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, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
39°
Stations used
37

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 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.83 km S of Skokomish, Washington · 8546 days ago · 45 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 1.75 km N of Dash Point, Washington · 8545 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.7Washington · 8535 days ago · 15 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.73 km SE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 8530 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 2.22 km SSE of Big Lake, Washington · 8528 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.66 km SW of Coupeville, Washington · 8527 days ago · 24 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.513 km SSW of Snoqualmie Pass, WA · 8526 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.74 km SSW of Gorst, Washington · 8525 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1,560
  9. 1.63 km N of Dash Point, Washington · 8525 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.95 km SE of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 8524 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 8523 days ago · 23 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.519 km W of Brinnon, Washington · 8521 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.85 km WSW of Seattle, Washington · 8521 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8511 days ago · -2 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.52 km NNW of Ames Lake, Washington · 8504 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 579
  16. 1.73 km SSE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 8504 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.53 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 8504 days ago · 21 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 8504 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.6Puget Sound region, Washington · 8501 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.63 km W of Fox Island, Washington · 8499 days ago · 27 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 1.66 km WNW of Hunts Point, Washington · 8499 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 1.90 km NNE of Wilburton, Washington · 8498 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.41 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 8498 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 2.45 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington · 8496 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 1.75 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8495 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 1.96 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 8493 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.53 km ESE of Oso, Washington · 8492 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 1.81 km NE of Bellevue, Washington · 8490 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 1.68 km SSW of Verlot, Washington · 8489 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 3.04 km SE of Belfair, Washington · 8488 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 128
  31. 2.01 km ENE of Bellevue, Washington · 8487 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 2.925 km W of Brinnon, Washington · 8560 days ago · 49 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 4.826 km W of Brinnon, Washington · 8560 days ago · 51 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 673
  3. 1.616 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 8565 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.85 km SW of Gorst, Washington · 8567 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.811 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8568 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.72 km NE of Redmond, Washington · 8568 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.92 km NW of Eastmont, Washington · 8569 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.53 km WSW of Eastmont, Washington · 8570 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.11 km NE of Keyport, Washington · 8570 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10583053. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.