M1.5 earthquake 18 km WSW of Othello, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 18 km WSW of Othello, Washington on Tue, Nov 28, 1972, 7:56 PM PST (03:56 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 17 km WSW of Othello, 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
- 1972-11-29 03:56:14 UTC
- Depth
- -0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.751° N, 119.384° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.25
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 19
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.117 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 19655 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.618 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 19655 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.518 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 19654 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.617 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 19652 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 19649 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.617 km S of Mesa, Washington · 19645 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.517 km S of Mesa, Washington · 19645 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10855018. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:06 PM UTC.