M1.6 earthquake 14 km WSW of Conconully, Washington
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km WSW of Conconully, Washington on Tue, Jan 29, 2008, 3:22 AM PST (11:22 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 48 km WNW 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
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-01-29 11:22:36 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.511° N, 119.932° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 280°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.648 km SE of Hope, Canada · 6811 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.837 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 6786 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.348 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6775 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.048 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6775 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
Before
- 1.842 km SW of Princeton, Canada · 6827 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6829 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.45 km ENE of Waterville, Washington · 6842 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.748 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6845 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.727 km NNW of Winthrop, Washington · 6848 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.44 km NW of Tonasket, Washington · 6850 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10741603. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC.