M1.8 earthquake 6 km N of Waterville, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6 km N of Waterville, Washington on Wed, Nov 11, 1981, 5:06 AM PST (13:06 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 6 km SSW of Winthrop, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-11-11 13:06:56 UTC
- Depth
- -0.1 km (-0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.704° N, 120.076° 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
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.44
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 13
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610 km SW of Royal City, Washington · 16383 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.63 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 16366 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.652 km WNW of Granite Falls, Washington · 16361 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Winthrop, Washington · 16359 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.21 km NE of Mansfield, Washington · 16346 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.718 km NNE of Thorp, Washington · 16332 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.913 km ENE of Royal City, Washington · 16332 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 1.810 km SW of Royal City, Washington · 16386 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.0Washington · 16389 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.11 km SW of Kittitas, Washington · 16398 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.29 km N of Entiat, Washington · 16403 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.64 km SE of Royal City, Washington · 16406 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.32 km SW of Kittitas, Washington · 16413 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10122213. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:03 AM UTC.