M2.3 earthquake 8 km N of Waterville, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8 km N of Waterville, Washington on Sun, Apr 1, 2001, 10:43 PM PDT (05:43 UTC), 2 km (1 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
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-04-02 05:43:58 UTC
- Depth
- 1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.725° N, 120.053° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 18
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.513 km SW of West Wenatchee, Washington · 9310 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.416 km ENE of Moses Lake North, Washington · 9306 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.34 km NW of Waterville, Washington · 9301 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.630 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 9281 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.34 km NNW of Moses Lake North, Washington · 9273 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.620 km SSW of Mansfield, Washington · 9270 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.84 km S of Entiat, Washington · 9253 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10519328. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC.