M1.5 earthquake 9 km NE of Chelan Falls, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Chelan Falls, Washington on Fri, May 16, 2008, 1:00 PM PDT (20:00 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 31 km NW of Granite Falls, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-05-16 20:00:05 UTC
- Depth
- -0.2 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.852° N, 119.892° 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 0.5 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.613 km W of Entiat, Washington · 6712 days ago · -1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.94 km E of Bridgeport, Washington · 6702 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.730 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 6701 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of Entiat, Washington · 6687 days ago · -2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Cashmere, Washington · 6687 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.736 km NE of Skykomish, Washington · 6665 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.031 km NW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6656 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10746063. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC.