M1.7 earthquake 10 km ESE of Cliffdell, Washington
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Cliffdell, Washington on Fri, Jan 25, 2008, 10:46 PM PST (06:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 10 km ENE of Cashmere, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-26 06:46:22 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.914° N, 120.943° 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, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 29
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.823 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 6822 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.015 km N of Naches, Washington · 6815 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.210 km ENE of Cashmere, Washington · 6808 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Vantage, Washington · 6802 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.618 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 6800 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Packwood, Washington · 6788 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 1.923 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 6829 days ago · -2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Ashford, Washington · 6831 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 6839 days ago · 11 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Carbonado, Washington · 6851 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.723 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 6854 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10740288. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:42 PM UTC.