M1.5 earthquake 9 km W of Entiat, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km W of Entiat, Washington on Fri, Apr 12, 2002, 7:05 AM PDT (14:05 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
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-04-12 14:05:49 UTC
- Depth
- -0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.692° N, 120.334° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 180°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.79 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 8937 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of May Creek, Washington · 8930 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Entiat, Washington · 8913 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.213 km WSW of Vantage, Washington · 8912 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Kittitas, Washington · 8899 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.07 km NNW of Waterville, Washington · 8894 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.813 km WNW of Methow, Washington · 8894 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.4Washington · 8893 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.79 km N of Entiat, Washington · 8886 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 8883 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 18
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10552713. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.