M2.0 earthquake 17 km SW of Toppenish, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 17 km SW of Toppenish, Washington on Mon, Jul 14, 2003, 7:58 AM PDT (14:58 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 30 km ESE of Packwood, 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
- 2003-07-14 14:58:23 UTC
- Depth
- 16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.249° N, 120.445° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.130 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8471 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.99 km SE of Royal City, WA · 8441 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Tampico, Washington · 8437 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.620 km SSE of Royal City, Washington · 8436 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.613 km NE of Nile, Washington · 8433 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of Trout Lake, Washington · 8429 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.615 km NNE of Prosser, Washington · 8422 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 1.52 km ESE of Benton City, Washington · 8482 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.822 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 8482 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.318 km NNW of West Richland, Washington · 8483 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.64 km W of Thorp, Washington · 8493 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.615 km NNE of Prosser, Washington · 8499 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.117 km NNE of Trout Lake, Washington · 8507 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10597073. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.