M2.3 earthquake 5 km NNE of Entiat, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Entiat, Washington on Mon, May 6, 2002, 6:25 PM PDT (01:25 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 7 km NW of Entiat, 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, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-07 01:25:43 UTC
- Depth
- -0.7 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.721° N, 120.176° 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 0.6 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.213 km WSW of Vantage, Washington · 8913 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Kittitas, Washington · 8899 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.07 km NNW of Waterville, Washington · 8894 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Methow, Washington · 8894 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4Washington · 8893 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.79 km N of Entiat, Washington · 8887 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 8883 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 18
- 1.510 km NE of Cliffdell, Washington · 8878 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.710 km NE of Cliffdell, Washington · 8878 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 2.95 km NNW of Omak, Washington · 8919 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 8937 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.59 km W of Entiat, Washington · 8938 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.94 km WNW of Waterville, Washington · 8940 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10551893. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC.