M1.8 earthquake 16 km ENE of Kittitas, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km ENE of Kittitas, Washington on Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 3:20 PM PST (23:20 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km WNW of Tieton, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-11-22 23:20:24 UTC
- Depth
- -0.4 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.037° N, 120.221° 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 1.9 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 107°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.4Washington · 7616 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of Royal City, Washington · 7608 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.022 km SSE of Royal City, Washington · 7608 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.718 km WNW of Entiat, Washington · 7592 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.67 km SSW of Entiat, Washington · 7576 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Quincy, Washington · 7571 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Entiat, Washington · 7563 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.72 km WNW of Tieton, Washington · 7562 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.41 km NW of Tieton, Washington · 7562 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Royal City, Washington · 7560 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10683618. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC.