M1.5 earthquake 1 km NNW of Nile, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Nile, Washington on Sun, Dec 26, 2004, 1:15 PM PST (21:15 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 15 km S 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
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-12-26 21:15:28 UTC
- Depth
- 0.6 km (0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.833° N, 120.949° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 16.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- Stations used
- 10
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.3Washington · 7931 days ago · -2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.517 km W of Packwood, Washington · 7929 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.54 km ESE of Tanner, Washington · 7929 days ago · 17 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.119 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 7925 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.55 km W of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7905 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.42 km SE of Kittitas, Washington · 7904 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.024 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 7903 days ago · -2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.515 km S of Nile, Washington · 7894 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 2.110 km S of Entiat, Washington · 7953 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.916 km NNE of Packwood, Washington · 7956 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.11 km NNW of Nile, Washington · 7958 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Nile, Washington · 7958 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.823 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 7973 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.513 km WSW of Entiat, Washington · 7978 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10642828. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:42 AM UTC.