M2.4 earthquake Washington
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck in Washington on Mon, May 27, 2002, 1:43 AM PDT (08:43 UTC), 0 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
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-27 08:43:58 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.204° N, 120.172° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 203°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.79 km N of Entiat, Washington · 8886 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 8883 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 18
- 2.653 km NW of Winthrop, Washington · 8846 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 1.813 km WNW of Methow, Washington · 8894 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.07 km NNW of Waterville, Washington · 8894 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Entiat, Washington · 8913 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Omak, Washington · 8919 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10560728. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC.