M1.8 earthquake 16 km WNW of Othello, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Othello, Washington on Sat, Apr 24, 1971, 4:52 AM PST (12:52 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 22 km E of Desert Aire, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1971-04-24 12:52:14 UTC
- Depth
- 2.8 km (1.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.891° N, 119.377° 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, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 7
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.73 km NNW of Connell, Washington · 20236 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Benton City, Washington · 20236 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.922 km E of Desert Aire, Washington · 20231 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.913 km N of Pasco, Washington · 20224 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.914 km N of Pasco, Washington · 20224 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.23 km WNW of Connell, Washington · 20199 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of West Richland, Washington · 20184 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
Before
- 1.53 km NW of Connell, Washington · 20252 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.93 km NW of Connell, Washington · 20253 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.33 km NW of Connell, Washington · 20253 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.93 km NW of Connell, Washington · 20253 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.814 km W of Othello, Washington · 20259 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Royal City, Washington · 20260 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.812 km SE of Royal City, Washington · 20261 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10838948. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:25 PM UTC.