M2.4 earthquake 5 km SSW of Chelan Falls, Washington
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Chelan Falls, Washington on Wed, Aug 13, 2025, 7:28 PM PDT (02:28 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 4 km NW of Waterville, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-08-14 02:28:45 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.756° N, 120.001° W
- Region
- Washington
- Felt reports
- 12
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.44 | ML, local (Richter) | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Preferred · Final · ±0.16765597765905582 · 27 stations |
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.04 · 82 stations |
Did you feel it?
12 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.615 km WSW of Methow, Washington · 415 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Waterville, Washington · 390 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 33
Before
Earthquakes todayWashington earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62162727 (also filed as us6000r0h0). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC.