M2.2 earthquake 5 km NNW of Ronald, Washington
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Ronald, Washington on Sat, Feb 18, 2006, 2:56 AM PST (10:56 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km NW of Waterville, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-02-18 10:56:20 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.279° N, 121.045° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64 km WSW of North Bend, Washington · 7511 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.114 km W of Entiat, Washington · 7508 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.59 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 7502 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.38 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7502 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.02 km W of Entiat, Washington · 7484 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.213 km E of Waterville, Washington · 7484 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.84 km NW of Waterville, Washington · 7483 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Union Hill-Novelty Hill, Washington · 7483 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.0Washington · 7482 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.412 km SE of Carbonado, Washington · 7480 days ago · 16 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.78 km E of Ashford, Washington · 7475 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 7473 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 2.92 km SSW of North Bend, Washington · 7538 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.92 km SW of North Bend, WA · 7540 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.09 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 7552 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 7556 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10689648. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC.