M2.5 earthquake 7 km ESE of Deming, Washington
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Deming, Washington on Tue, May 16, 1978, 9:43 PM PDT (04:43 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-05-17 04:43:37 UTC
- Depth
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.804° N, 122.113° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 202°, 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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.52 km ENE of Lake McMurray, Washington · 17657 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Ault Field, Washington · 17651 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Edison, Washington · 17642 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.57 km E of Oak Bay, Canada · 17635 days ago · 47 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.24 km N of La Conner, Washington · 17628 days ago · 24 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Three Lakes, Washington · 17611 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.59 km ENE of Oak Bay, Canada · 17609 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.53 km E of Alger, Washington · 17602 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10846923. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:56 AM UTC.