M2.3 earthquake 3 km WNW of Waterville, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Waterville, Washington on Sat, Feb 5, 2005, 7:14 PM PST (03:14 UTC), -1 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
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-02-06 03:14:51 UTC
- Depth
- -0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.656° N, 120.113° 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 0.8 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.42 km SE of Kittitas, Washington · 7905 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 7895 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Entiat, Washington · 7872 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.413 km NE of Cliffdell, Washington · 7856 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10623873. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC.