List of earthquakes in Washington (state)

This is a list of earthquakes in Washington, a U.S. state.

Date	Location	MMI	M		Deaths	Injuries	Total damage / notes
2001-02-28	Puget Sound	VIII	6.8	Mw	0–1	400	$1–4 billion
1999-07-03	Satsop	VII	5.8	Mw		7	Minor	[1]
1996-05-02	Duvall	VII	5.6	Mw			scientific interest
1965-04-29	Puget Sound	VIII	6.7	Mw	7		$12.5 million
1962-11-06	Clark County	VII	5.2	Mw			Minor	[2]
1949-04-13	Olympia	VIII	6.7	Mw	8	Many	$25 million
1946-06-23	Strait of Georgia	VIII	7.3	Mw	2		Limited
1945-04-29	North Bend	VII	7.3	Ms			Minor	[3]
1891-11-29	Puget Sound	VI					Tsunami	NGDC
1872-12-15	North Cascades	VIII	6.5–7.0				scientific interest
1700-01-26	Cascadia subduction zone		8.7–9.2	Mw			Tsunami
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References

1. USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
2. Stover & Coffman 1993, pp. 380, 388
3. Stover & Coffman 1993, pp. 380, 385

Sources

• NGDC, Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
• Stover, C. W.; Coffman, J. L. (1993), Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office