M2.0 earthquake 4 km NNW of Deming, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4 km NNW of Deming, Washington on Fri, Jun 22, 1979, 2:36 AM PDT (09:36 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 6 km N of Jamestown, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-06-22 09:36:41 UTC
- Depth
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.862° N, 122.245° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 224°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
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
- 1.97 km SE of Hamilton, Washington · 17253 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.57 km NW of Ault Field, Washington · 17250 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 17239 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Lake Ketchum, Washington · 17238 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 17236 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5Washington · 17219 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.57 km ESE of Deming, Washington · 17218 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.76 km N of Jamestown, Washington · 17214 days ago · 50 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 1.715 km SSE of Friday Harbor, Washington · 17268 days ago · 47 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.324 km SE of Glacier, Washington · 17271 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.62 km NW of Anacortes, Washington · 17277 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Verlot, Washington · 17289 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10850023. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC.