Washington earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 4 km E of Granite Falls, Washington

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4 km E of Granite Falls, Washington on Mon, Jan 17, 2005, 12:00 PM PST (20:00 UTC), -1 km (0 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
1.8 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2005-01-17 20:00:31 UTC
Depth
-0.6 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.087° N, 121.912° 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, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
166°
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.49 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7927 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 1.914 km SSE of Oak Bay, Canada · 7926 days ago · 47 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.65 km NW of Bay View, Washington · 7921 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.61 km NNE of Bellevue, Washington · 7916 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.32 km NE of Bellevue, Washington · 7912 days ago · 30 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.62 km NNE of Bellevue, Washington · 7912 days ago · 29 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.36 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7911 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 3.19 km NNW of Freeland, Washington · 7911 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 322
  9. 2.53 km ESE of Dash Point, Washington · 7910 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 3.232 km NE of Marblemount, Washington · 7908 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.932 km NE of Marblemount, Washington · 7908 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.635 km NE of Marblemount, Washington · 7908 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.66 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7906 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 1.55 km W of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7905 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.73 km SSW of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 7904 days ago · 22 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 1.76 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7904 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.71 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 7898 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 1.9Washington · 7896 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.18 km S of Sultan, Washington · 7895 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 2.15 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7893 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.23 km SE of Des Moines, Washington · 7891 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 1.75 km NE of Jamestown, Washington · 7889 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 1.53 km SSE of Des Moines, Washington · 7888 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 1.52 km N of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7887 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 1.53 km ENE of Seabeck, Washington · 7884 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.28 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7884 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 1.82 km SSW of Lake Forest Park, Washington · 7882 days ago · 29 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.87 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7880 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 2.76 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7880 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 3.58 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7880 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 455
  31. 1.73 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 7878 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.07 km SW of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 7877 days ago · 54 km deep · 71 km away

Before

  1. 1.54 km ESE of Tanner, Washington · 7929 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.53 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 7929 days ago · 24 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.66 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7930 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.90 km SE of Echo Lake, Washington · 7936 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.59 km WNW of Ault Field, Washington · 7938 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.552 km WSW of Twisp, Washington · 7938 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.83 km ESE of Granite Falls, Washington · 7946 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.21 km WNW of Redmond, Washington · 7949 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.78 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 7952 days ago · 26 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.68 km E of Deming, Washington · 7957 days ago · 12 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10627638. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:05 PM UTC.