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M1.7 earthquake 2 km SE of Browns Point, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Browns Point, Washington on Sun, May 30, 2004, 7:48 PM PDT (02:48 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 17 km W of Packwood, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2004-05-31 02:48:23 UTC
Depth
20.8 km (12.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.290° N, 122.420° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 24 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.78 km E of Ashford, Washington · 8157 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.53 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8151 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.33 km ESE of Dash Point, Washington · 8148 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.53 km W of Gorst, Washington · 8147 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.53 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8143 days ago · 23 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.616 km W of Packwood, Washington · 8138 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.66 km S of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 8135 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.77 km S of Lake Morton-Berrydale, Washington · 8135 days ago · 23 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 3.917 km W of Packwood, Washington · 8133 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 173
  10. 2.316 km W of Packwood, Washington · 8133 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.516 km W of Packwood, Washington · 8133 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.02 km N of Maple Valley, Washington · 8130 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.110 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 8125 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 1.73 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8120 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 1.611 km N of Quilcene, Washington · 8120 days ago · 27 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.26 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington · 8118 days ago · 16 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.73 km SSE of Carnation, Washington · 8112 days ago · 19 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 1.5Washington · 8112 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 1.72 km NNW of White Center, Washington · 8111 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.22 km NNW of Mill Creek, Washington · 8110 days ago · 24 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.04 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8103 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 1.73 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 8102 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 2.04 km W of Gorst, Washington · 8101 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 2.13 km ESE of Dash Point, Washington · 8101 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away

Before

  1. 1.90 km W of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 8166 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.82 km NE of Bucoda, Washington · 8170 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.98 km E of Porter, Washington · 8173 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10614578. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC.