M2.6 earthquake 8 km ESE of Deming, Washington
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Deming, Washington on Mon, Jul 4, 1977, 7:19 AM PDT (14:19 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 3 km ENE of Edison, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-07-04 14:19:47 UTC
- Depth
- -0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.796° N, 122.108° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 198°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.63 km ENE of Edison, Washington · 17972 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.96 km ESE of Edison, Washington · 17967 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.75 km NW of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 17956 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.55 km NNW of Port Townsend, Washington · 17941 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.05 km N of Arlington Heights, Washington · 17931 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Bellingham, Washington · 17931 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.36 km SE of Marrowstone, Washington · 17930 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.79 km S of Marietta, Washington · 17923 days ago · 22 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 2.10 km SSE of Bryant, Washington · 17980 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Orcas, Washington · 17984 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.04 km WNW of Northwest Stanwood, Washington · 17994 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.73 km W of Orcas, Washington · 17994 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10843998. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC.