M2.0 earthquake 7 km NNW of Waterville, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Waterville, Washington on Sun, May 26, 2002, 3:21 AM PDT (10:21 UTC), 1 km (1 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
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-05-26 10:21:53 UTC
- Depth
- 1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.705° N, 120.113° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 31.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.813 km WNW of Methow, Washington · 8894 days ago · -1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4Washington · 8893 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.79 km N of Entiat, Washington · 8886 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 8883 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 18
Before
- 1.87 km SSW of Kittitas, Washington · 8899 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.213 km WSW of Vantage, Washington · 8912 days ago · -1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Entiat, Washington · 8913 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.95 km NNW of Omak, Washington · 8919 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10560323. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:34 AM UTC.