M2.3 earthquake 6 km S of Chelan Falls, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km S of Chelan Falls, Washington on Wed, Feb 5, 1992, 6:37 PM PST (02:37 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1992-02-06 02:37:21 UTC
- Depth
- 2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.742° N, 119.999° 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, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 30
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.08 km W of Twisp, Washington · 12643 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.99 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 12633 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Electric City, Washington · 12627 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 12613 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.85 km N of Waterville, Washington · 12599 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.052 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 12598 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
Before
- 3.44 km WNW of Waterville, Washington · 12670 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.522 km ENE of Moses Lake, Washington · 12671 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Waterville, Washington · 12676 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.110 km NNW of Malott, Washington · 12684 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10284783. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:12 PM UTC.