Washington earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Washington on Mon, May 2, 2005, 7:37 AM PDT (14:37 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 7 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2005-05-02 14:37:02 UTC
Depth
11.2 km (6.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.172° N, 121.869° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 16 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.55 km SSW of Sudden Valley, Washington · 7816 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.73 km N of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 7816 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.67 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7812 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.66 km WSW of Camano, Washington · 7807 days ago · 27 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 1.76 km ENE of Marrowstone, Washington · 7798 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.65 km NW of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 7794 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.55 km NW of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 7793 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.86 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7790 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.72 km NNE of Kirkland, Washington · 7790 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 1.57 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7786 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.42 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7785 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.02 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7785 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.95 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 7781 days ago · 23 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 1.548 km ENE of Marblemount, Washington · 7779 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.61 km E of Clyde Hill, Washington · 7777 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.78 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 7776 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.89 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7776 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 1.52 km SE of Oso, Washington · 7775 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 1.80 km WSW of Clearview, Washington · 7775 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 2.02 km SW of Des Moines, Washington · 7774 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 1.92 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 7774 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 1.61 km NW of Rockport, Washington · 7768 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away

Before

  1. 2.39 km WNW of Port Townsend, Washington · 7824 days ago · 52 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.10 km ENE of Maple Valley, Washington · 7826 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.17 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 7834 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.51 km SE of Burlington, Washington · 7835 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.93 km E of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 7836 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 2.37 km ENE of Carnation, Washington · 7836 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.53 km SSW of Gorst, Washington · 7836 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.94 km SSW of Lake McMurray, Washington · 7838 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.73 km NW of Kingston, Washington · 7843 days ago · 26 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.81 km N of Maple Valley, Washington · 7846 days ago · 19 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.65 km ESE of Oso, Washington · 7846 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 1.58 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7847 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.64 km SE of Oso, Washington · 7847 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 2.03 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 7849 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.02 km WSW of North Bend, Washington · 7850 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.13 km W of Freeland, Washington · 7851 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10653588. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC.