M1.5 earthquake 2 km SSE of Royal City, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 2 km SSE of Royal City, Washington on Wed, Jan 19, 2005, 4:18 PM PST (00:18 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 2 km SE of Kittitas, 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
- 2005-01-20 00:18:23 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.884° N, 119.619° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 72°
- 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: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.811 km S of Benton City, Washington · 7924 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Entiat, Washington · 7923 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.33 km WNW of Waterville, Washington · 7908 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.42 km SE of Kittitas, Washington · 7905 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.26 km SW of Cowiche, Washington · 7885 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Entiat, Washington · 7872 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10630113. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC.