M1.6 earthquake 9 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington on Wed, Jul 8, 1981, 12:37 AM PDT (07:37 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 12 km NNW of Entiat, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-08 07:37:25 UTC
- Depth
- -0.1 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.517° N, 120.628° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 18
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.012 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 16498 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3Washington · 16490 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 16466 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.914 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington · 16460 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.410 km NE of Methow, Washington · 16457 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 2.22 km ESE of Waterville, Washington · 16513 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.87 km E of Carnation, Washington · 16513 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 16515 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.015 km ENE of Kittitas, Washington · 16520 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Darrington, Washington · 16534 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.83 km SE of Waterville, Washington · 16540 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10114428. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 AM UTC.