M2.4 earthquake 2 km SE of Kittitas, Washington
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Kittitas, Washington on Wed, Feb 9, 2005, 2:16 PM PST (22:16 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 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
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-02-09 22:16:48 UTC
- Depth
- -0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.969° N, 120.392° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 14
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.611 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 7895 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.515 km S of Nile, Washington · 7895 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.615 km S of Nile, Washington · 7889 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.614 km S of Nile, Washington · 7886 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.26 km SW of Cowiche, Washington · 7885 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Entiat, Washington · 7873 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.413 km NE of Cliffdell, Washington · 7857 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10627833. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:12 AM UTC.