M1.8 earthquake 4 km NE of Brewster, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Brewster, Washington on Tue, Jan 25, 1983, 4:05 PM PST (00:05 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 7 km SW of Chelan Falls, 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
- 1983-01-26 00:05:19 UTC
- Depth
- 0.1 km (0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.128° N, 119.739° 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 1.2 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- Stations used
- 5
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.57 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 15944 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of West Wenatchee, Washington · 15935 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Wenatchee, Washington · 15930 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Wenatchee, Washington · 15924 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.78 km W of Tonasket, Washington · 15916 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 15913 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Tonasket, Washington · 15913 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 15910 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
Before
- 2.29 km N of Sunnyslope, Washington · 15957 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Entiat, Washington · 15959 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.77 km W of Entiat, Washington · 15960 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.59 km N of Granite Falls, Washington · 15964 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.83 km E of Entiat, Washington · 15971 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10152843. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.