M1.6 earthquake 5 km NNW of Waterville, Washington
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Waterville, Washington on Sun, Feb 4, 2007, 7:20 AM PST (15:20 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 39 km W of Winthrop, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-02-04 15:20:18 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.696° N, 120.087° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 13
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.139 km W of Winthrop, Washington · 7157 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.511 km SW of Chelan, Washington · 7143 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.89 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 7141 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Conconully, Washington · 7140 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Skykomish, Washington · 7128 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10711768. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.