M2.0 earthquake 5 km NNW of Waterville, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Waterville, Washington on Mon, Mar 25, 2002, 8:10 AM PST (16:10 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 4 km WNW of Waterville, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-03-25 16:10:59 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.690° N, 120.111° 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, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.66 km W of Entiat, Washington · 8947 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.94 km WNW of Waterville, Washington · 8940 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.59 km W of Entiat, Washington · 8938 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 8937 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Omak, Washington · 8919 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Entiat, Washington · 8913 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.213 km WSW of Vantage, Washington · 8912 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Kittitas, Washington · 8899 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10554843. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC.