Washington earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 1 km NNW of Gig Harbor, Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Gig Harbor, Washington on Fri, Oct 3, 2003, 10:47 PM PDT (05:47 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 2 km NW of Warm Beach, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2003-10-04 05:47:50 UTC
Depth
29.4 km (18.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.344° N, 122.594° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
43

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. 1.710 km SSE of Mineral, Washington · 8396 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.81 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington · 8396 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.50 km ENE of Maple Valley, Washington · 8396 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.62 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 8391 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 1.71 km WSW of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 8388 days ago · 18 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.510 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 8388 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.65 km WSW of Belfair, Washington · 8387 days ago · 21 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.33 km S of Fall City, Washington · 8378 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.60 km SW of Navy Yard City, Washington · 8373 days ago · 17 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.04 km SW of Fall City, Washington · 8361 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.85 km WSW of Lofall, Washington · 8359 days ago · 58 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.73 km SW of Clinton, Washington · 8358 days ago · 32 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 2.01 km S of Mirrormont, Washington · 8349 days ago · 19 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.42 km NW of Warm Beach, Washington · 8347 days ago · 34 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 1.514 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8343 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.55 km NNE of Woods Creek, Washington · 8341 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away

Before

  1. 1.68 km NNW of Freeland, Washington · 8400 days ago · 57 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 1.61 km WNW of Maple Valley, Washington · 8401 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.91 km WSW of Maple Valley, Washington · 8402 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.78 km SW of Sultan, Washington · 8408 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.55 km WSW of Hansville, Washington · 8411 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.06 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 8413 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 1.5Washington · 8414 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 1.916 km WSW of Skokomish, Washington · 8417 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.84 km N of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8421 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10594958. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC.