M1.5 earthquake 18 km SW of Othello, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 18 km SW of Othello, Washington on Wed, Nov 24, 1971, 2:15 AM PST (10:15 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 3 km NW of West Richland, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1971-11-24 10:15:07 UTC
- Depth
- -0.2 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.713° N, 119.358° 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 0.0 km horizontally, 0.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.718 km W of Othello, Washington · 20018 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.611 km E of Prosser, Washington · 20012 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.819 km NE of Zillah, Washington · 19997 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.33 km NW of West Richland, Washington · 19972 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
Before
- 1.520 km SW of Othello, Washington · 20038 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.35 km NW of Kahlotus, Washington · 20038 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.919 km SW of Othello, Washington · 20039 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.919 km SW of Othello, Washington · 20043 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.613 km E of Moses Lake, Washington · 20050 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.010 km NNW of Basin City, Washington · 20059 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.822 km SSE of Royal City, Washington · 20061 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10852058. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC.