The July 17, 1932 earthquake
M5.2near Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake, centred in King County. The 14th strongest in Washington’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Sunday, July 17, 1932
- 22:01 PST; 06:01 UTC on Jul 18, 1932
- In Washington’s record
- 14th
- strongest of 5,002 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis904 (“9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- King CountyWA · inside
- Snohomish CountyWA · 24.0 mi
- Island CountyWA · 27.6 mi
- Kittitas CountyWA · 29.3 mi
- Kitsap CountyWA · 29.8 mi
- Chelan CountyWA · 32.0 mi
- Pierce CountyWA · 37.0 mi
- Jefferson CountyWA · 37.4 mi
- Skagit CountyWA · 45.4 mi
- Mason CountyWA · 47.9 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
192 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.