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M1.9 earthquake 6 km ENE of Deming, Washington

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Deming, Washington on Sat, Jun 27, 1981, 10:30 AM PDT (17:30 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 6 km ENE of Deming, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-06-27 17:30:04 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.838° N, 122.129° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
143°
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: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.36 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.96 km E of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.96 km E of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.06 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16521 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.56 km E of Deming, Washington · 16521 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.95 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16520 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16520 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.87 km SSE of Kendall, Washington · 16520 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.55 km W of Darrington, Washington · 16520 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.313 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 16518 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.97 km SSE of Kendall, Washington · 16515 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 1.95 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16510 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.613 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 16505 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 2.07 km E of Deming, Washington · 16503 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.04 km W of Darrington, Washington · 16502 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.8Washington · 16496 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.15 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 16496 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.93 km W of Fobes Hill, Washington · 16490 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16490 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 1.913 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16474 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 2.44 km N of Deming, Washington · 16473 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away

Before

  1. 2.26 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.55 km NE of Port Townsend, Washington · 16524 days ago · 26 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.97 km E of Deming, Washington · 16526 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.37 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.77 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16527 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.15 km E of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.36 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 3.47 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16527 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.54 km WSW of Darrington, Washington · 16533 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.516 km SSE of Darrington, Washington · 16534 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  13. 1.915 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16537 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.815 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16538 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.911 km NE of Oak Bay, Canada · 16542 days ago · 35 km deep · 85 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10116413. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 10:37 PM UTC.