M1.6 earthquake 9 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington on Tue, Sep 2, 2025, 3:44 PM PDT (22:44 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 7 km ENE of Marrowstone, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-02 22:44:33 UTC
- Depth
- 11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.571° N, 121.711° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 145°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.62 km W of Belfair, Washington · 392 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Belfair, Washington · 385 days ago · 17 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Mineral, Washington · 385 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
- 2.97 km ENE of Marrowstone, Washington · 383 days ago · 54 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 71
- 1.62 km NNE of Enetai, Washington · 382 days ago · 25 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 375 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Thorp, Washington · 371 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.224 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 366 days ago · -2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.70 km W of Beaux Arts Village, Washington · 355 days ago · 27 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.51 km NE of Wilburton, Washington · 347 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Skykomish, Washington · 346 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.93 km NE of Quilcene, Washington · 345 days ago · 50 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.82 km ESE of Buckley, Washington · 344 days ago · 18 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.51 km NE of Esperance, Washington · 344 days ago · 24 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.52 km SE of Buckley, Washington · 344 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.22 km SE of Buckley, Washington · 343 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.03 km W of Gorst, Washington · 340 days ago · 22 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.23 km SW of Port Ludlow, Washington · 339 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 1.68 km SSW of Grapeview, Washington · 398 days ago · 24 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.24 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington · 399 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Shoreline, Washington · 404 days ago · 28 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 2.110 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 405 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.91 km NNE of Suquamish, Washington · 405 days ago · 56 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 1.50 km SSW of Carbonado, Washington · 407 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.91 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington · 410 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Dash Point, Washington · 414 days ago · 20 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.14 km NE of Vashon, Washington · 414 days ago · 22 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Port Ludlow, Washington · 415 days ago · 19 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 420 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.85 km WNW of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 423 days ago · 26 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62180886. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC.