M2.7 earthquake 6 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington on Sun, Mar 6, 2005, 3:36 AM PST (11:36 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 8 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-03-06 11:36:02 UTC
- Depth
- 12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.008° N, 121.855° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | Md, duration | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.05 · 10 stations |
| 2.7 | Md, duration | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for uw10646943. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.58 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7882 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 455
- 1.73 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 7880 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 7879 days ago · 54 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Seattle, Washington · 7870 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.51 km NW of Lake Stickney, Washington · 7863 days ago · 21 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.81 km NE of Southworth, Washington · 7862 days ago · 23 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.13 km W of Freeland, Washington · 7854 days ago · 62 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of North Bend, Washington · 7852 days ago · 21 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.03 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 7851 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Oso, Washington · 7850 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7849 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Oso, Washington · 7849 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.81 km N of Maple Valley, Washington · 7848 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 7845 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Lake McMurray, Washington · 7840 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.53 km SSW of Gorst, Washington · 7839 days ago · 20 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 7838 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.93 km E of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 7838 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.51 km SE of Burlington, Washington · 7838 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 7836 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.10 km ENE of Maple Valley, Washington · 7829 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.39 km WNW of Port Townsend, Washington · 7827 days ago · 52 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.5Washington · 7825 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
Before
- 1.87 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7882 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Lake Forest Park, Washington · 7884 days ago · 29 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7886 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Seabeck, Washington · 7886 days ago · 16 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.52 km N of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7890 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.53 km SSE of Des Moines, Washington · 7890 days ago · 20 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.75 km NE of Jamestown, Washington · 7891 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.23 km SE of Des Moines, Washington · 7893 days ago · 22 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.15 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7895 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.18 km S of Sultan, Washington · 7898 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.9Washington · 7898 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.71 km E of Dash Point, Washington · 7900 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.76 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7906 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.73 km SSW of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 7906 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.55 km W of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7907 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.66 km NE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7908 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.635 km NE of Marblemount, Washington · 7910 days ago · -1 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.932 km NE of Marblemount, Washington · 7911 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.232 km NE of Marblemount, Washington · 7911 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Dash Point, Washington · 7912 days ago · 27 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10646943 (also filed as usp000dhns). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:55 PM UTC.