M1.7 earthquake 3 km SE of Selah, Washington
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km SE of Selah, Washington on Thu, Jun 30, 2005, 8:53 AM PDT (15:53 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 10 km NNE of Thorp, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-06-30 15:53:38 UTC
- Depth
- -0.6 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.634° N, 120.493° 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, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- Stations used
- 7
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.44 km W of Basin City, Washington · 7753 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Basin City, Washington · 7753 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.10 km NE of Gleed, Washington · 7752 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Thorp, Washington · 7744 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.516 km S of White Swan, Washington · 7740 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.024 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 7719 days ago · -2 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 1.73 km W of Nile, Washington · 7766 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.50 km SE of Gleed, Washington · 7767 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.50 km SSE of Eschbach, Washington · 7775 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.90 km SSE of Gleed, Washington · 7775 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.234 km WSW of Tampico, Washington · 7784 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.623 km WNW of Boardman, Oregon · 7786 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10681793. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.