M1.6 earthquake 22 km ESE of Waterville, Washington
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km ESE of Waterville, Washington on Fri, Jan 4, 2008, 6:00 PM PST (02:00 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 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
- 2008-01-05 02:00:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.8 km (6.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.585° N, 119.786° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 21
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.748 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6845 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.049 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6845 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.617 km WNW of Othello, Washington · 6845 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.45 km ENE of Waterville, Washington · 6842 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.050 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 6830 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.210 km ENE of Cashmere, Washington · 6809 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Vantage, Washington · 6802 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10731803. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:57 PM UTC.