Washington earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 5 km WSW of Home, Washington

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Home, Washington on Sat, Mar 12, 2005, 7:37 PM PST (03:37 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.3 (Md, duration), minor
Magnitude from: Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time: Sat, Mar 12, 2005, 7:37 PM PST
UTC: 2005-03-13 03:37:47 UTC
Depth: 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 47.254° N, 122.825° W
Region: Washington
Felt reports: 420
Strongest shaking: III, weak shaking
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
3.3	Md, duration	Pacific Northwest Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.03 · 8 stations
3.3	Md, duration	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Lacey; (III) at Allyn, Belfair, Eatonville, Lakebay, Lakewood, Olalla, Olympia, Port Orchard, Seattle, Spanaway, Tacoma and University Place; (II) at Auburn, Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, Dupont, Gig Harbor, Kent, Puyallup and Vashon.

From the USGS event page for uw10651803. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: III, weak shaking
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

420 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.0 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 40°
Stations used: 76

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 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10651803 (also filed as usp000dj39, uw03130337). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.