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M1.8 earthquake 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington on Tue, Sep 6, 2005, 3:42 PM PDT (22:42 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 4 km WSW of Quilcene, 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
2005-09-06 22:42:12 UTC
Depth
-0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.091° N, 121.942° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.51 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington · 7696 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.73 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 7695 days ago · 28 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 1.72 km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 7692 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 2.94 km WSW of Quilcene, Washington · 7691 days ago · 49 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 1.57 km WSW of Carlsborg, Washington · 7689 days ago · 44 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.83 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 7686 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 1.512 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7682 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.65 km WSW of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7680 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.617 km NW of Leavenworth, Washington · 7676 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.89 km E of Deming, Washington · 7670 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.3Washington · 7662 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.36 km S of Kendall, Washington · 7649 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.56 km S of Kendall, Washington · 7647 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.47 km SSW of Seabeck, Washington · 7642 days ago · 21 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.51 km SE of Hamilton, Washington · 7638 days ago · -1 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 1.74 km S of La Conner, Washington · 7698 days ago · 18 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.84 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 7701 days ago · 28 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 1.52 km W of Maple Valley, Washington · 7702 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.81 km W of Maple Valley, Washington · 7702 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.50 km SW of Maple Valley, Washington · 7702 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.84 km SW of Mirrormont, Washington · 7703 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.73 km SSE of Kingsgate, Washington · 7704 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.02 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 7705 days ago · -1 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 2.17 km ENE of Quilcene, Washington · 7706 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.56 km WSW of Darrington, Washington · 7708 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.65 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 7708 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 2.16 km NE of Duvall, Washington · 7709 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.17 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, WA · 7712 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.13 km S of Geneva, Washington · 7717 days ago · 15 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.55 km SW of Coupeville, Washington · 7724 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.217 km ESE of Glacier, Washington · 7725 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.70 km SSW of Oso, Washington · 7726 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10675513. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC.