M2.9 earthquake 25 km W of Brinnon, Washington
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 25 km W of Brinnon, Washington on Fri, Apr 25, 2003, 4:56 AM PDT (11:56 UTC), 49 km (30 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 4 km SSW of Gorst, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-04-25 11:56:35 UTC
- Depth
- 49.0 km (30.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.676° N, 123.240° W
- Region
- Washington
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | Md, duration | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.03 · 7 stations |
| 2.9 | Md, duration | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for uw10584228. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.80 km WSW of Bellevue, Washington · 8546 days ago · 29 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.83 km S of Skokomish, Washington · 8546 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.75 km N of Dash Point, Washington · 8545 days ago · 19 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Coupeville, Washington · 8527 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.74 km SSW of Gorst, Washington · 8525 days ago · 25 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1,560
- 1.63 km N of Dash Point, Washington · 8525 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 8523 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.519 km W of Brinnon, Washington · 8521 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Seattle, Washington · 8521 days ago · 26 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Orcas, Washington · 8520 days ago · 48 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Oak Bay, Canada · 8517 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.52 km NNW of Ames Lake, Washington · 8504 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 579
- 1.73 km SSE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 8504 days ago · 17 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.53 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 8504 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 8504 days ago · 32 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.6Puget Sound region, Washington · 8501 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
Before
- 4.826 km W of Brinnon, Washington · 8560 days ago · 51 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 673
- 1.85 km SW of Gorst, Washington · 8567 days ago · 21 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Redmond, Washington · 8568 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.92 km NW of Eastmont, Washington · 8569 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Eastmont, Washington · 8570 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.11 km NE of Keyport, Washington · 8570 days ago · 24 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.76 km N of Belfair, Washington · 8577 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.18 km ENE of Queets, Washington · 8587 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.54 km W of Wauna, Washington · 8588 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10584228 (also filed as usp000bvy4). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:24 AM UTC.