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M1.9 earthquake 6 km E of Deming, Washington

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km E of Deming, Washington on Sun, Jun 28, 1981, 12:32 AM PDT (07:32 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 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
1981-06-28 07:32:34 UTC
Depth
0.9 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.819° N, 122.122° 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 7.0 km horizontally, 39.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
210°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 18 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.06 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16523 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.56 km E of Deming, Washington · 16523 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.95 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.87 km SSE of Kendall, Washington · 16522 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.55 km W of Darrington, Washington · 16521 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.313 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 16520 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 1.97 km SSE of Kendall, Washington · 16516 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.95 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16512 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.613 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 16507 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
  11. 2.07 km E of Deming, Washington · 16505 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.04 km W of Darrington, Washington · 16504 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.8Washington · 16498 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.15 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 16498 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.93 km W of Fobes Hill, Washington · 16491 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16491 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.913 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16476 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.44 km N of Deming, Washington · 16475 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away

Before

  1. 1.96 km E of Deming, Washington · 16524 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.36 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16524 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.96 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16524 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.26 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16524 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.55 km NE of Port Townsend, Washington · 16526 days ago · 26 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.97 km E of Deming, Washington · 16528 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.37 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16529 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16529 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16529 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.77 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16529 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.15 km E of Deming, Washington · 16529 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.36 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16529 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 3.47 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16529 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 1.54 km WSW of Darrington, Washington · 16535 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.516 km SSE of Darrington, Washington · 16536 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.915 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16539 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 1.815 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16539 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.911 km NE of Oak Bay, Canada · 16544 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10116518. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:06 PM UTC.