M1.5 earthquake 11 km NNW of Orcas, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Orcas, Washington on Sat, May 3, 2003, 5:04 PM PDT (00:04 UTC), 57 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 6 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-04 00:04:45 UTC
- Depth
- 57.2 km (35.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.696° N, 122.976° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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 2.6 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.02
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 118°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.22 km SSE of Big Lake, Washington · 8529 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.66 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington · 8528 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Coupeville, Washington · 8527 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Orcas, Washington · 8521 days ago · 48 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Oak Bay, Canada · 8517 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Anacortes, Washington · 8510 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.013 km W of Marietta, Washington · 8505 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.53 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 8504 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.35 km N of Victoria, Canada · 8500 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.00 km NNW of Lyman, Washington · 8499 days ago · -1 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.53 km ESE of Oso, Washington · 8492 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10581163. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC.