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M1.6 earthquake 7 km WNW of Nile, Washington

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Nile, Washington on Mon, Dec 2, 2002, 5:24 PM PST (01:24 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 2 km NW of Yakima, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-12-03 01:24:55 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.855° N, 121.029° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.714 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8702 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 2.49 km WSW of Mineral, Washington · 8697 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.622 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8694 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 1.54 km W of Ashford, Washington · 8688 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.75 km NE of Donald, Washington · 8684 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.95 km SE of Moxee City, Washington · 8679 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.13 km ENE of Donald, Washington · 8679 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.22 km NW of Yakima, Washington · 8660 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.823 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8657 days ago · -2 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.512 km SSW of Thorp, Washington · 8650 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.413 km SSW of Thorp, Washington · 8645 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 1.522 km WSW of Nile, Washington · 8704 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.75 km ENE of Mineral, Washington · 8704 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.917 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8708 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 2.817 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 8714 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.59 km SW of Nile, Washington · 8717 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10569938. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:44 AM UTC.