M1.7 earthquake 13 km NNE of Prosser, Washington
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 13 km NNE of Prosser, Washington on Tue, May 30, 2006, 1:58 PM PDT (20:58 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 9 km S of Royal City, 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
- 2006-05-30 20:58:17 UTC
- Depth
- 2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.306° N, 119.675° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 9
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.521 km N of West Richland, Washington · 7426 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.12 km N of Yakima, Washington · 7422 days ago · -1 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.6Washington-Oregon border region · 7409 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.29 km S of Royal City, Washington · 7392 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10698653. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC.