M1.8 earthquake 17 km W of Othello, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 17 km W of Othello, Washington on Wed, Dec 3, 1980, 12:02 PM PST (20:02 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 6 km E of Vantage, 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
- 1980-12-03 20:02:38 UTC
- Depth
- 0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.856° N, 119.397° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 220°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.96 km E of Vantage, Washington · 16720 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Warden, Washington · 16681 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.721 km ENE of Moses Lake, Washington · 16679 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 2.617 km NW of Othello, Washington · 16730 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.54 km ENE of Royal City, Washington · 16740 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.313 km ENE of Royal City, Washington · 16743 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Yakima, Washington · 16746 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.5Washington · 16755 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10089658. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC.