Washington earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 16 km ENE of Ashford, Washington

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 16 km ENE of Ashford, Washington on Sun, Jan 6, 2002, 9:10 PM PST (05:10 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-01-07 05:10:09 UTC
Depth
-1.4 km (-0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.821° N, 121.831° W
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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
151°
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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.71 km WNW of Selah, Washington · 9029 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.80 km NE of Tanner, Washington · 9023 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.5Washington · 9023 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 1.76 km W of Burley, Washington · 9023 days ago · 25 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 2.41 km ESE of Prairie Ridge, Washington · 9013 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  6. 2.12 km W of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 9010 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.814 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 9008 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.18 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 9008 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 1.53 km NNW of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 9003 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8989 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 3.223 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8989 days ago · -2 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.523 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8989 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.77 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 8986 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.214 km WSW of White Swan, Washington · 8983 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 1.617 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 8980 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.616 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 8980 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 1.59 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 8979 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.116 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 8976 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 1.8Puget Sound region, Washington · 8975 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.57 km WNW of Tieton, Washington · 8973 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  21. 1.614 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8973 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away

Before

  1. 1.62 km E of Bethel, Washington · 9041 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 1.93 km ESE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 9045 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10549568. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:09 PM UTC.