M2.0 earthquake 26 km S of Mansfield, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 26 km S of Mansfield, Washington on Mon, Feb 18, 1980, 12:58 PM PST (20:58 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 6 km SW of Chelan Falls, 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
- 1980-02-18 20:58:09 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.582° N, 119.703° 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, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 90°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.36 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 17007 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.012 km WNW of Othello, Washington · 17004 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.59 km N of Waterville, Washington · 17000 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 16993 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.81 km N of Chelan, Washington · 16966 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 1.726 km ESE of Waterville, Washington · 17018 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.16 km W of Ellensburg, Washington · 17019 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.58 km WNW of Odessa, Washington · 17027 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.511 km ESE of Royal City, Washington · 17039 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10075818. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC.