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M2.5 earthquake Washington

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck in Washington on Fri, Apr 6, 1979, 11:41 PM PST (07:41 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1979-04-07 07:41:55 UTC
Depth
16.2 km (10.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
46.978° N, 120.388° W
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 1.7 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
211°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

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 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.73 km ESE of Kittitas, Washington · 17326 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.9Washington · 17318 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.521 km E of Desert Aire, Washington · 17317 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.6Washington · 17310 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.78 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 17301 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.46 km WNW of Entiat, Washington · 17292 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.315 km NNW of Cliffdell, Washington · 17284 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away

Before

  1. 3.0Washington · 17335 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.717 km ENE of Leavenworth, Washington · 17341 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 1.518 km W of Othello, Washington · 17356 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.815 km W of Entiat, Washington · 17356 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.67 km WSW of Entiat, Washington · 17359 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10849443. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 4:57 PM UTC.