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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Waterville, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Waterville in the 24 hours to 12:35 pm PST (20:35 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 4 km (3 mi) NW, at 1:09 am PDT on 4 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Waterville
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) west-northwest of Waterville, WA, at 7:04 am PDT on 19 May 2023 (14:04 UTC), 5.4 km deep.
USGS: 4 km WNW of Waterville, Washington
- When
- 7:04 am PDT on 19 May 2023 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) west-northwest of Waterville, WA · earthquakes near Waterville
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Douglas County, 34 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 668 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Waterville, 5 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Entiat, Chelan, Manson, Sunnyslope, East Wenatchee Bench, West Wenatchee.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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 47.6610, -120.1322. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas County, WA | 34 km (21 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Douglas County |
| Chelan County, WA | 43 km (27 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Chelan County |
| Grant County, WA | 71 km (44 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Grant County |
| Kittitas County, WA | 72 km (45 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Kittitas County |
| Okanogan County, WA | 103 km (64 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Okanogan County |
| Ferry County, WA | 149 km (93 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Ferry County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
31 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.2 2 km WNW of Entiat, Washington
- 0.4 2 km WNW of Entiat, Washington
- 1.4 3 km NNW of Quincy, Washington
- 0.8 1 km N of Entiat, Washington
- 0.4 6 km SSW of Entiat, Washington
- 2.1 4 km NW of Waterville, Washington
- 0.9 5 km ENE of Entiat, Washington
- 2.3 4 km NW of Waterville, Washington
- 1.7 7 km WSW of Chelan, Washington
- 1.6 12 km W of Entiat, Washington
- 1.9 10 km SSW of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.7 23 km NW of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.5 7 km SSE of Chelan Falls, Washington
- 1.8 12 km WNW of Mansfield, Washington
- 1.6 13 km E of Waterville, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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