M2.9 earthquake 0 km SSE of Gleed, Washington
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 0 km SSE of Gleed, Washington on Tue, Jun 21, 2005, 5:30 AM PDT (12:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 0 km SE of Gleed, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-06-21 12:30:08 UTC
- Depth
- 9.8 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.657° N, 120.613° W
- Region
- Washington
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | Md, duration | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.02 · 14 stations |
| 2.9 | Md, duration | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
no people dead or missing; no people injured; no buildings damaged or destroyed
From the USGS event page for uw10675808. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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 0.0 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.02
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 39
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
- 1.50 km SSE of Eschbach, Washington · 7774 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.50 km SE of Gleed, Washington · 7765 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.73 km W of Nile, Washington · 7765 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Selah, Washington · 7764 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.10 km NE of Gleed, Washington · 7751 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Thorp, Washington · 7743 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.516 km S of White Swan, Washington · 7739 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.024 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 7718 days ago · -2 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10675808 (also filed as usp000dtkw). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:24 AM UTC.