M1.5 earthquake 1 km N of Vantage, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 1 km N of Vantage, Washington on Mon, Aug 30, 2004, 2:47 PM PDT (21:47 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 0 km N 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
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2004-08-30 21:47:59 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.956° N, 119.990° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 11
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.314 km NNE of Nile, Washington · 8050 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.40 km N of Entiat, Washington · 8050 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.511 km SSW of Benton City, Washington · 8048 days ago · 20 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.84 km N of Waterville, Washington · 8043 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.83 km NNE of Yakima, Washington · 8043 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 8040 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 8026 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.85 km WNW of Waterville, Washington · 8010 days ago · -1 km deep · 80 km away
Before
- 1.98 km WSW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 8068 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Entiat, Washington · 8069 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.71 km NW of Vantage, Washington · 8093 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.59 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 8094 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10618113. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.