M2.2 earthquake 1 km NE of White Salmon, Washington
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 1 km NE of White Salmon, Washington on Thu, Oct 29, 1981, 11:12 AM PST (19:12 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 5 km SSE of Mill Plain, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-10-29 19:12:22 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.736° N, 121.478° 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, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 276°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.55 km SSE of Mill Plain, Washington · 16389 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.720 km S of Morton, Washington · 16388 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.923 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 16378 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.722 km S of Morton, Washington · 16366 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.623 km S of Morton, Washington · 16350 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.024 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 16349 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.732 km S of Morton, Washington · 16349 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Chenoweth, Oregon · 16348 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 1.638 km NNE of Amboy, Washington · 16405 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.625 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 16408 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.717 km N of Warm Springs, Oregon · 16409 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.922 km NW of Bickleton, Washington · 16416 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.624 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 16421 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of Government Camp, Oregon · 16423 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10124108. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:09 AM UTC.