M1.7 earthquake 5 km NNE of McCleary, Washington
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of McCleary, Washington on Tue, Feb 6, 1979, 3:09 AM PST (11:09 UTC), 39 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 6 km ESE of Maplewood, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-02-06 11:09:48 UTC
- Depth
- 38.6 km (24.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.098° N, 123.228° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 187°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.26 km ESE of Maplewood, Washington · 17391 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.54 km NW of Chico, Washington · 17367 days ago · 23 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.911 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 17362 days ago · 18 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.712 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington · 17362 days ago · 19 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.211 km SSE of Mossyrock, Washington · 17362 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.52 km W of Boulevard Park, Washington · 17359 days ago · 24 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Pe Ell, Washington · 17353 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.625 km NNE of Aberdeen Gardens, Washington · 17348 days ago · 26 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10848908. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.