Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 5 km WSW of Mount Vernon, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Mount Vernon, Washington on Sun, May 11, 2025, 10:43 PM PDT (05:43 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 3 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2025-05-12 05:43:17 UTC
Depth
8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.410° N, 122.401° W
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
31°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.14 km WSW of Ault Field, Washington · 509 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.72 km NNE of Enetai, Washington · 505 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 1.74 km WSW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 500 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.10 km NNW of Esperance, Washington · 500 days ago · 27 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 1.74 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 500 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.03 km S of Alger, Washington · 498 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.84 km N of Echo Lake, Washington · 492 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 35
  8. 2.93 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 489 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 67
  9. 1.93 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 488 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.72 km NE of Six Mile, Canada · 486 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.72 km NE of Echo Lake, Washington · 484 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.77 km NNE of May Creek, Washington · 479 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.84 km WSW of Clinton, Washington · 478 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.95 km NNE of Port Angeles, Washington · 478 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.82 km NNE of Keyport, Washington · 477 days ago · 26 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.78 km NNE of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 476 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.56 km ESE of Quilcene, Washington · 476 days ago · 22 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.85 km SW of Custer, Washington · 474 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.03 km SSE of Port Ludlow, Washington · 474 days ago · 20 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.94 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 473 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 2.64 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 473 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
  22. 1.74 km WSW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 473 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
  23. 2.84 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 473 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 15
  24. 1.94 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 473 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.74 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 472 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.87 km SW of Swede Heaven, Washington · 471 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 1.97 km S of Woods Creek, Washington · 470 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.515 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 469 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 1.85 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada · 463 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 1.58 km WNW of La Conner, Washington · 455 days ago · 22 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.56 km SE of Coupeville, Washington · 453 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  32. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Washington · 451 days ago · 54 km deep · 93 km away

Before

  1. 2.17 km NW of Jamestown, Washington · 512 days ago · 44 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.44 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 512 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.55 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington · 516 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.88 km NE of Fall City, Washington · 520 days ago · 17 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.14 km WSW of Clinton, Washington · 521 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 1.58 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 524 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.116 km ENE of Marblemount, Washington · 530 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 1.54 km ESE of Indianola, Washington · 530 days ago · 28 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.42 km N of City of Sammamish, Washington · 534 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 10
  10. 1.64 km WSW of Darrington, Washington · 535 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.02 km E of Tracyton, Washington · 539 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62097907. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:40 AM UTC.