M1.5 earthquake 20 km WSW of Othello, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Othello, Washington on Sat, Apr 14, 2001, 10:57 PM PDT (05:57 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 4 km NNW of Moses Lake North, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-15 05:57:43 UTC
- Depth
- -0.2 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.742° N, 119.419° 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 0.0 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- Stations used
- 5
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.63 km SSE of Gleed, Washington · 9290 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.23 km ESE of Gleed, Washington · 9290 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.520 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 9282 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.34 km NNW of Moses Lake North, Washington · 9274 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Othello, Washington · 9250 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Royal City, Washington · 9246 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10527023. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:27 PM UTC.