M2.5 earthquake 13 km SSW of Snoqualmie Pass, WA
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Snoqualmie Pass, WA on Wed, May 28, 2003, 9:53 PM PDT (04:53 UTC), 16 km (10 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
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-29 04:53:15 UTC
- Depth
- 15.6 km (9.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.290° N, 121.492° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 41
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.74 km SSW of Gorst, Washington · 8525 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1,560
- 1.63 km N of Dash Point, Washington · 8525 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.95 km SE of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 8524 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 8523 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Seattle, Washington · 8520 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Tampico, Washington · 8513 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8511 days ago · -2 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.52 km NNW of Ames Lake, Washington · 8504 days ago · 20 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 579
- 1.73 km SSE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 8504 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.5Puget Sound region, Washington · 8504 days ago · 32 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.710 km W of Entiat, Washington · 8503 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.6Puget Sound region, Washington · 8501 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.63 km W of Fox Island, Washington · 8499 days ago · 27 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Hunts Point, Washington · 8499 days ago · 26 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.90 km NNE of Wilburton, Washington · 8498 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.41 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 8497 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.45 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington · 8496 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.75 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8495 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.96 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 8493 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.64 km W of Thorp, Washington · 8493 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.81 km NE of Bellevue, Washington · 8490 days ago · 30 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.68 km SSW of Verlot, Washington · 8489 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.04 km SE of Belfair, Washington · 8488 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 128
- 2.01 km ENE of Bellevue, Washington · 8487 days ago · 30 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Entiat, Washington · 8486 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.731 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 8485 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 8484 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8482 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.51 km N of Carnation, Washington · 8479 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 8478 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.93 km SE of Klahanie, Washington · 8471 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.130 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8471 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 8467 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10586693. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:19 AM UTC.