Washington earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 17 km W of Packwood, Washington

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 17 km W of Packwood, Washington on Fri, Jun 25, 2004, 2:48 PM PDT (21:48 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 16 km ENE of Packwood, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.9 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from: Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time: Fri, Jun 25, 2004, 2:48 PM PDT
UTC: 2004-06-25 21:48:31 UTC
Depth: -1.0 km (-0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 46.629° N, 121.896° W
Region: Washington
Felt reports: 173
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.9	Md, duration	Pacific Northwest Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.03 · 10 stations
3.9	Md, duration	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt (IV) at Buckley, Morton and Packwood; (III) at Ashford, Eatonville and Randle. Felt as far as Seattle and Vancouver. Also felt at Portland, Oregon.

From the USGS event page for uw10614268. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

173 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 24°
Stations used: 92

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10614268 (also filed as usp000cysv, uw06252148). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:11 PM UTC.