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Largest earthquakes in or near Washington State, USA, on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

Overview

Updated: Mar 29, 2024 13:36 GMT -
Since 1900, Washington State has had 153 quakes of magnitudes above 4 and up to 6.8:
  • 8 quakes above magnitude 6
  • 34 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
  • 111 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5
Strongest: Mag. 6.8 Earthquake Puget Sound region, Washington (USA) -
Number of quakes per year

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Showing quakes since 1900magnitude 4 or higher, within up to 50 km (31 mi) distance (153 quakes):
Largest earthquakes in or near Washington State, USA, on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and TimeMag
Depth
Nearest VolcanoLocationDetailsMap
Dec 24, 2023 08:14 am (Los Angeles)
Dec 24, 2023 15:14 GMT
4.0

52 km
Jefferson County, United States, 23 mi northwest of Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington 101 reportsInfo
Monday, October 9, 2023 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 8, 2023 07:21 pm (Los Angeles)
Oct 9, 2023 02:21 GMT
4.3

57 km
Washington 1294 reportsInfo
Sunday, June 6, 2021 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 5, 2021 08:51 pm (Los Angeles)
Jun 6, 2021 03:51 GMT
4.0

4.1 km
38 km (24 mi) to the S Hood River County, United States, 37 mi east of Eugene, Multnomah County, Oregon 51 reportsInfo
Friday, January 24, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Jan 24, 2020 01:35 pm (GMT -8)
Jan 24, 2020 21:35 GMT
4.5

10 km
38 km (24 mi) to the W 46km WNW of Neah Bay, Washington (Canada) 113 reportsInfo
Friday, July 12, 2019 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 12, 2019 02:51 am (Los Angeles)
Jul 12, 2019 09:51 GMT
4.6

29 km
United States, 2.4 mi northwest of Monroe (Washington), Snohomish County, Washington 1797 reportsInfo
Saturday, December 30, 2017 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 29, 2017 09:37 pm (Los Angeles)
Dec 30, 2017 04:37 GMT
4.2

9 km
WASHINGTON 5 reportsInfo
Thursday, February 23, 2017 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 22, 2017 09:59 pm (Los Angeles)
Feb 23, 2017 04:59 GMT
4.1

15 km
United States, 9.9 mi west of Belfair, Mason County, Washington 85 reportsInfo
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 30, 2015 12:39 am (Vancouver)
Dec 30, 2015 07:39 GMT
4.8

53 km
7 km (4.3 mi) to the NW Canada, 17 km north of Victoria, Capitalal, British Columbia 1520 reportsInfo
Saturday, September 12, 2015 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 12, 2015 03:22 pm (Los Angeles)
Sep 12, 2015 22:22 GMT
4.0

19 km
WASHINGTON 51 reportsInfo
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 1, 2015 09:42 am (Los Angeles)
Sep 1, 2015 16:42 GMT
4.2

10 km
WASHINGTON 30 reportsInfo
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 18, 2015 02:04 am (Los Angeles)
Feb 18, 2015 09:04 GMT
4.3

6 km
Kittitas County, United States, 23 mi southwest of Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington 9 reportsInfo
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About these data
Estimated combined seismic energy released: 4.6 x 1015 joules (1283 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.1 x 106 tons of TNT or 69 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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