M2.0 earthquake 16 km SW of Odessa, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16 km SW of Odessa, Washington on Fri, May 15, 1981, 3:44 PM PDT (22:44 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 12 km ESE of Waterville, 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
- 1981-05-15 22:44:08 UTC
- Depth
- -0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.243° N, 118.859° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 139°
- Stations used
- 23
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.512 km ESE of Waterville, Washington · 16552 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.83 km SE of Waterville, Washington · 16540 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.317 km NW of Othello, Washington · 16523 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Waterville, Washington · 16513 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.614 km NNE of Richland, Washington · 16513 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10102633. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC.