M1.9 earthquake 1 km SSW of Selah, Washington
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 1 km SSW of Selah, Washington on Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 9:10 PM PDT (04:10 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 24 km ENE of Ashford, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-12 04:10:02 UTC
- Depth
- 10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.645° N, 120.536° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.723 km N of Trout Lake, Washington · 385 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Thorp, Washington · 371 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.90 km SW of Selah, Washington · 369 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.224 km ENE of Ashford, Washington · 366 days ago · -2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.724 km E of Desert Aire, Washington · 329 days ago · 24 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 1.817 km SW of Nile, Washington · 399 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.817 km SW of Nile, Washington · 399 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.916 km WSW of Nile, Washington · 402 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.718 km SW of Nile, Washington · 402 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.118 km SW of Nile, Washington · 408 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.617 km SW of Nile, Washington · 413 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62179552. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC.