M2.1 earthquake 2 km NNW of Nile, Washington
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Nile, Washington on Mon, May 30, 2005, 10:57 PM PDT (05:57 UTC), 1 km (0 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
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-05-31 05:57:04 UTC
- Depth
- 0.7 km (0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.839° N, 120.953° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 10.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- Stations used
- 28
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.910 km SSE of Mineral, Washington · 7792 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Packwood, Washington · 7788 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington · 7786 days ago · 16 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.234 km WSW of Tampico, Washington · 7783 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.90 km SSE of Gleed, Washington · 7773 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.50 km SSE of Eschbach, Washington · 7773 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.50 km SE of Gleed, Washington · 7765 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.73 km W of Nile, Washington · 7765 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Selah, Washington · 7764 days ago · -1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.813 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 7763 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.10 km NE of Gleed, Washington · 7751 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Thorp, Washington · 7743 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.516 km S of White Swan, Washington · 7739 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10673713. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.