Washington earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 1 km NNE of Bellevue, Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Bellevue, Washington on Sat, Jan 29, 2005, 11:44 AM PST (19:44 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 8 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2005-01-29 19:44:38 UTC
Depth
28.5 km (17.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.626° N, 122.189° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
87°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.32 km NE of Bellevue, Washington · 7912 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.62 km NNE of Bellevue, Washington · 7912 days ago · 29 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.36 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7911 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.19 km NNW of Freeland, Washington · 7911 days ago · 32 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 322
  5. 2.53 km ESE of Dash Point, Washington · 7910 days ago · 27 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.66 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7906 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.55 km W of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7905 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 1.73 km SSW of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 7904 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.76 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7904 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.024 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 7903 days ago · -2 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.71 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 7898 days ago · 28 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.9Washington · 7896 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.18 km S of Sultan, Washington · 7895 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.15 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7893 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.23 km SE of Des Moines, Washington · 7891 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.75 km NE of Jamestown, Washington · 7889 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 1.53 km SSE of Des Moines, Washington · 7888 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.52 km N of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7887 days ago · 18 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.35 km SSW of Skokomish, Washington · 7887 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 1.53 km ENE of Seabeck, Washington · 7884 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.28 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7884 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 1.82 km SSW of Lake Forest Park, Washington · 7882 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 1.87 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7880 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 2.76 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7880 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  25. 3.58 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7880 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 455
  26. 1.73 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 7878 days ago · 19 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 2.07 km SW of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 7877 days ago · 54 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 3.35 km WSW of Home, Washington · 7873 days ago · 24 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 420
  29. 1.67 km WSW of Seattle, Washington · 7868 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 1.51 km NW of Lake Stickney, Washington · 7860 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
  31. 1.81 km NE of Southworth, Washington · 7859 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away

Before

  1. 2.119 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 7925 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.49 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7926 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.84 km E of Granite Falls, Washington · 7928 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.54 km ESE of Tanner, Washington · 7929 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 1.53 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 7929 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 1.66 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7930 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.3Washington · 7931 days ago · -2 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.90 km SE of Echo Lake, Washington · 7936 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 1.59 km WNW of Ault Field, Washington · 7938 days ago · 23 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.83 km ESE of Granite Falls, Washington · 7946 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10638793. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC.