M2.3 earthquake 9 km W of Quincy, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 9 km W of Quincy, Washington on Wed, Jul 14, 1982, 8:02 PM PDT (03:02 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 18 km ESE of Royal 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
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-07-15 03:02:07 UTC
- Depth
- 0.4 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.246° N, 119.981° 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 0.9 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.614 km E of Warden, Washington · 16126 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of Cashmere, Washington · 16119 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.09 km WNW of Nile, Washington · 16112 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Nile, Washington · 16095 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.738 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 16095 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.618 km ESE of Royal City, Washington · 16084 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
Before
- 1.65 km W of Sunnyslope, Washington · 16141 days ago · 22 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Wenatchee, Washington · 16141 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.318 km ESE of Royal City, Washington · 16144 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.115 km ENE of Nile, Washington · 16149 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.13 km E of Mattawa, Washington · 16151 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.53 km NNE of Selah, Washington · 16155 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.52 km NNE of Selah, Washington · 16159 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Entiat, Washington · 16166 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10139508. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:42 PM UTC.