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M1.5 earthquake 12 km WSW of Greenwater, Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Greenwater, Washington on Sun, Aug 24, 2003, 3:19 AM PDT (10:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 8 km NNE of North Sultan, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2003-08-24 10:19:37 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.130° N, 121.805° 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, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km WSW of Seabeck, Washington · 8438 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.81 km E of Maltby, Washington · 8436 days ago · 23 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.613 km NE of Nile, Washington · 8433 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.615 km S of Morton, Washington · 8433 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.38 km NNE of North Sultan, Washington · 8431 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.84 km N of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8419 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.5Washington · 8412 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.06 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 8411 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.78 km SW of Sultan, Washington · 8407 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.91 km WSW of Maple Valley, Washington · 8401 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.61 km WNW of Maple Valley, Washington · 8399 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.61 km NNW of Gig Harbor, Washington · 8398 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.911 km SE of Skykomish, Washington · 8396 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.710 km SSE of Mineral, Washington · 8395 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 1.81 km NW of Maple Valley, Washington · 8395 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 1.50 km ENE of Maple Valley, Washington · 8394 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 1.62 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 8390 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 1.71 km WSW of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 8387 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.510 km ESE of Riverbend, Washington · 8386 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 1.65 km WSW of Belfair, Washington · 8385 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.715 km SSW of Morton, Washington · 8380 days ago · 18 km deep · 88 km away

Before

  1. 1.811 km SSE of Mineral, Washington · 8444 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.18 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8447 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.910 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8448 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.823 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8449 days ago · -2 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.51 km NNW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8450 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.14 km ENE of Belfair, Washington · 8451 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.28 km S of Morton, Washington · 8452 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.92 km N of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8453 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 1.51 km WNW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 8459 days ago · 25 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.01 km E of Enetai, Washington · 8465 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.65 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 8467 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10593078. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC.