M2.0 earthquake 19 km N of West Richland, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 19 km N of West Richland, Washington on Mon, Apr 17, 2006, 12:05 PM PDT (19:05 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 2 km N of Yakima, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-17 19:05:59 UTC
- Depth
- -0.1 km (-0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.484° N, 119.363° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.520 km N of West Richland, Washington · 7470 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Selah, Washington · 7441 days ago · 19 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.713 km NNE of Prosser, Washington · 7431 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.521 km N of West Richland, Washington · 7427 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.12 km N of Yakima, Washington · 7423 days ago · -1 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10692668. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 AM UTC.