M2.5 earthquake 12 km ESE of Waterville, Washington
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 12 km ESE of Waterville, Washington on Fri, May 29, 1981, 8:12 AM PDT (15:12 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 3 km SE 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
- 2.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-05-29 15:12:30 UTC
- Depth
- 0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.624° N, 119.902° 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, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.83 km SE of Waterville, Washington · 16539 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.317 km NW of Othello, Washington · 16522 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.015 km ENE of Kittitas, Washington · 16519 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 16514 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Waterville, Washington · 16512 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 16511 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.012 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 16497 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10106968. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 4:33 PM UTC.