Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 1 km E of Anacortes, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 1 km E of Anacortes, Washington on Wed, Mar 26, 2008, 1:17 AM PDT (08:17 UTC), 19 km (12 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 12 km E of Verlot, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2008-03-26 08:17:07 UTC
Depth
18.5 km (11.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.510° N, 122.592° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.93 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 6766 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.12 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 6766 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.23 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 6766 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.12 km NE of Anacortes, Washington · 6766 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.55 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 6766 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.73 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 6760 days ago · 20 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.13 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 6760 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.81 km ESE of Anacortes, Washington · 6760 days ago · 19 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 1.56 km WSW of Coupeville, Washington · 6760 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.76 km N of Hamilton, Washington · 6758 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.19 km NW of Port Townsend, Washington · 6757 days ago · 25 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 1.75 km SE of Oso, Washington · 6756 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 1.83 km ENE of Anacortes, Washington · 6756 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.55 km N of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 6753 days ago · 17 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 2.011 km NNE of Marblemount, Washington · 6753 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.65 km NNW of Swede Heaven, Washington · 6749 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.711 km E of Verlot, Washington · 6748 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.67 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 6741 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.3Washington · 6740 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.412 km E of Verlot, Washington · 6740 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 1.73 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington · 6740 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.86 km SSE of Sultan, Washington · 6736 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
  23. 1.97 km WNW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 6734 days ago · 24 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.06 km NNE of Acme, Washington · 6732 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 1.94 km WSW of Shoreline, Washington · 6719 days ago · 26 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.69 km SSE of Friday Harbor, Washington · 6716 days ago · 52 km deep · 28 km away
  27. 1.712 km ENE of Jamestown, Washington · 6714 days ago · 52 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 1.66 km N of Kingston, Washington · 6713 days ago · 23 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 2.01 km NE of Anacortes, Washington · 6766 days ago · 19 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.13 km E of Anacortes, Washington · 6766 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.53 km WNW of Edmonds, Washington · 6769 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.92 km NE of Anacortes, Washington · 6769 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.820 km NNW of Concrete, Washington · 6777 days ago · 21 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.71 km NNW of Mountlake Terrace, Washington · 6779 days ago · 20 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.84 km SW of Woodway, Washington · 6785 days ago · 24 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.94 km ENE of Custer, Washington · 6792 days ago · 74 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.75 km N of Woods Creek, Washington · 6792 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.93 km SSE of Birch Bay, Washington · 6792 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10741398. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC.