M1.7 earthquake 4 km SW of Wenatchee, Washington
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Wenatchee, Washington on Wed, Feb 16, 1983, 1:55 PM PST (21:55 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 8 km SSE of Leavenworth, 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
- 1983-02-16 21:55:34 UTC
- Depth
- 0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.399° N, 120.358° 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 0.6 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 126°
- Stations used
- 4
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 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.68 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 15912 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 15909 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.92 km NNW of Skykomish, Washington · 15907 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.32 km S of Chelan, Washington · 15885 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.52 km N of Skykomish, Washington · 15876 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.26 km SSW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 15875 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.78 km S of Leavenworth, Washington · 15869 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 15869 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 1.64 km WSW of Wenatchee, Washington · 15930 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.613 km NNE of Cliffdell, Washington · 15933 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of South Cle Elum, Washington · 15933 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of West Wenatchee, Washington · 15935 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Vantage, Washington · 15940 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 15943 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.84 km NE of Brewster, Washington · 15946 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.89 km ENE of Nile, Washington · 15946 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10152113. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:41 PM UTC.