M1.7 earthquake 29 km NNW of Goldendale, Washington
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 29 km NNW of Goldendale, Washington on Fri, Oct 10, 2003, 6:50 PM PDT (01:50 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 7 km SSW of Nile, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-10-11 01:50:42 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.083° N, 120.908° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 29
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
- 1.830 km NNW of Goldendale, Washington · 8392 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.543 km WNW of Trout Lake, Washington · 8382 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.75 km S of Ahtanum, Washington · 8377 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.67 km SSW of Nile, Washington · 8366 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.622 km S of Packwood, Washington · 8359 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.537 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 8357 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Nile, Washington · 8335 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.0Washington · 8333 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10598058. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:18 PM UTC.