The January 25, 1957 earthquake
M5.0near Conway, Washington
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, 3.5 miles off Skagit County. The 25th strongest in Washington’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.0 on May 15, 1954.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Friday, January 25, 1957
- 17:16 PST; 01:16 UTC on Jan 26, 1957
- In Washington’s record
- 25th
- strongest of 5,002 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis2130 (“6 km W of Conway, 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
- Skagit CountyWA · 3.5 mi
- Snohomish CountyWA · 3.7 mi
- Island CountyWA · 3.9 mi
- San Juan CountyWA · 18.5 mi
- Jefferson CountyWA · 19.7 mi
- Whatcom CountyWA · 21.7 mi
- Clallam CountyWA · 27.7 mi
- Kitsap CountyWA · 28.5 mi
- King CountyWA · 38.4 mi
Cities, largest first
- SeattleWA · 49.5 mi
- EverettWA · 27.8 mi
- KirklandWA · 45.2 mi
- BellinghamWA · 29.1 mi
- RedmondWA · 47.6 mi
- MarysvilleWA · 21.7 mi
- ShorelineWA · 40.0 mi
- BothellWA · 40.1 mi
- EdmondsWA · 36.1 mi
- LynnwoodWA · 35.4 mi
- Lake StevensWA · 27.5 mi
- Mount VernonWA · 8.0 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
200 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
Earlier earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles, strongest first
- January 11, 1909M6.0
- August 18, 1915M5.6
- January 23, 1920M5.5
- March 16, 1904M5.3
- July 17, 1932M5.2
- May 15, 1954M5.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.