M1.6 earthquake 5 km WSW of Entiat, Washington
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Entiat, Washington on Tue, Feb 6, 2001, 4:57 PM PST (00:57 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 6 km SSW of Chelan Falls, 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
- 2001-02-07 00:57:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.659° N, 120.284° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.510 km W of Entiat, Washington · 9359 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Ellensburg, Washington · 9358 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.84 km NNW of Waterville, Washington · 9358 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 9356 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.26 km SSW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 9345 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 31
- 2.38 km N of Waterville, Washington · 9313 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.513 km SW of West Wenatchee, Washington · 9311 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
Before
- 2.111 km SSW of Kittitas, Washington · 9367 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.511 km S of Kittitas, Washington · 9367 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Ellensburg, Washington · 9368 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.57 km N of Entiat, Washington · 9368 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.614 km S of Twisp, Washington · 9380 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.812 km SSW of Twisp, Washington · 9380 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.510 km WSW of Royal City, Washington · 9382 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Waterville, Washington · 9386 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
Earthquakes todayWashington earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10520668. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:34 PM UTC.