M1.6 earthquake 6 km S of White Swan, Washington
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 6 km S of White Swan, Washington on Wed, Jul 5, 2000, 10:06 AM PDT (17:06 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 22 km SSE of Kittitas, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2000-07-05 17:06:54 UTC
- Depth
- -0.7 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.328° N, 120.745° 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, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.622 km SSE of Kittitas, Washington · 9560 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.526 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9554 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Packwood, Washington · 9549 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9547 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.819 km N of Packwood, Washington · 9547 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.523 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9544 days ago · -3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.517 km E of Ashford, Washington · 9531 days ago · -3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.433 km SW of White Swan, Washington · 9527 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9523 days ago · -3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.521 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9523 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 2.222 km SSW of Prosser, Washington · 9588 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.720 km SE of Kittitas, Washington · 9590 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.83 km SW of Selah, Washington · 9594 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.018 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 9611 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10500488. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC.