M1.8 earthquake 16 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington on Mon, Jun 2, 1980, 12:17 AM PDT (07:17 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 11 km WSW of Winthrop, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-06-02 07:17:05 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.942° N, 120.424° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 259°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.09 km ENE of Conconully, Washington · 16902 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Riverside, Washington · 16900 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.722 km E of Darrington, Washington · 16871 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.510 km ENE of East Wenatchee Bench, Washington · 16871 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Darrington, Washington · 16869 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.411 km WSW of Winthrop, Washington · 16862 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10077263. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 8:18 PM UTC.