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M 1.6md

Earthquake near Entiat, WA

USGS: 4 km NNE of Entiat, Washington

5:25 pm PST, Feb 4, 2020 · · 5.7 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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When
5:25 pm PST on 4 February 2020 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) NNE of Entiat, WA · earthquakes near Entiat
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
5.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Chelan County, 36 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2431 days ago

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) NNE of Entiat, WA, at 5:25 pm PST on 4 February 2020 (01:25 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Waterville, Chelan, Manson, Sunnyslope.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 47.7140, -120.1823. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Chelan County, WA 36 km (23 mi) WNW earthquakes near Chelan County
Douglas County, WA 37 km (23 mi) E earthquakes near Douglas County
Kittitas County, WA 75 km (47 mi) SSW earthquakes near Kittitas County
Grant County, WA 77 km (48 mi) SE earthquakes near Grant County
Okanogan County, WA 98 km (61 mi) NNE earthquakes near Okanogan County
Snohomish County, WA 124 km (77 mi) WNW earthquakes near Snohomish County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.7 7 km WSW of Chelan, Washington
  2. 1.6 12 km W of Entiat, Washington
  3. 1.9 10 km SSW of Granite Falls, Washington
  4. 1.7 23 km NW of Granite Falls, Washington
  5. 1.5 7 km SSE of Chelan Falls, Washington
  6. 1.8 12 km WNW of Mansfield, Washington
  7. 1.6 13 km E of Waterville, Washington
  8. 1.8 7 km W of Entiat, Washington
  9. 2.5 4 km NW of Waterville, Washington
  10. 1.6 15 km WSW of Methow, Washington
  11. 2.4 5 km SSW of Chelan Falls, Washington
  12. 1.8 2 km NNE of Entiat, Washington
  13. 2.6 10 km WNW of Entiat, Washington
  14. 1.7 7 km W of Entiat, Washington
  15. 2.1 8 km S of Entiat, Washington

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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