M2.0 earthquake 13 km W of Othello, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km W of Othello, Washington on Wed, Sep 2, 1981, 2:03 PM PDT (21:03 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 13 km SSE of Benton City, 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
- 1981-09-02 21:03:34 UTC
- Depth
- 2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.832° N, 119.356° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.213 km SSE of Benton City, Washington · 16438 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.813 km S of Benton City, Washington · 16438 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.322 km SE of Desert Aire, Washington · 16435 days ago · 19 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Royal City, Washington · 16431 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.32 km SW of Kittitas, Washington · 16413 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ritzville, Washington · 16413 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Royal City, Washington · 16407 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.11 km SW of Kittitas, Washington · 16399 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10112983. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC.