M2.1 earthquake 2 km N of Yakima, Washington
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 2 km N of Yakima, Washington on Wed, Jun 7, 2006, 3:14 PM PDT (22:14 UTC), -1 km (0 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
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-06-07 22:14:03 UTC
- Depth
- -0.7 km (-0.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.628° N, 120.503° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.618 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 7401 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.29 km S of Royal City, Washington · 7393 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 1.521 km N of West Richland, Washington · 7428 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.713 km NNE of Prosser, Washington · 7431 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Thorp, Washington · 7432 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Ellensburg, Washington · 7432 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.917 km ENE of Packwood, Washington · 7441 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.811 km NNE of Selah, Washington · 7441 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10692078. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC.