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M1.5 earthquake Washington

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Washington on Wed, Jan 16, 2002, 4:09 PM PST (00:09 UTC), 6 km (4 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
1.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2002-01-17 00:09:44 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.733° N, 120.994° 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, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
13

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.41 km ESE of Prairie Ridge, Washington · 9013 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 1.814 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 9008 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.18 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 9008 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.524 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8989 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 3.223 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8989 days ago · -2 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.523 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 8989 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.021 km NW of Bickleton, Washington · 8987 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.77 km SSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 8986 days ago · 20 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.214 km WSW of White Swan, Washington · 8983 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.617 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 8980 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.616 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 8980 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.59 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 8979 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.116 km NE of Ashford, Washington · 8976 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.57 km WNW of Tieton, Washington · 8973 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.614 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8973 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 2.910 km WSW of Royal City, Washington · 8970 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.811 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 8965 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away

Before

  1. 1.71 km WNW of Selah, Washington · 9029 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.716 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 9032 days ago · -1 km deep · 64 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10552423. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC.