Washington earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 7 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 7 km E of Oak Harbor, Washington on Mon, Jan 31, 1983, 3:05 PM PST (23:05 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 13 km ENE of Verlot, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-01-31 23:05:48 UTC
Depth
17.6 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.295° N, 122.536° W
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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
107°
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: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.913 km ENE of Verlot, Washington · 15939 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.74 km S of Seattle, Washington · 15939 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 1.51 km WSW of Echo Lake, Washington · 15935 days ago · 21 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.01 km SW of Port Orchard, Washington · 15933 days ago · 21 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 1.716 km NE of May Creek, Washington · 15929 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 1.74 km W of Vashon, Washington · 15924 days ago · 50 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.73 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington · 15920 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 1.85 km SW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington · 15918 days ago · -1 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.016 km WSW of Quilcene, Washington · 15918 days ago · 44 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.00 km WNW of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15917 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.11 km NW of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 15917 days ago · 15 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.63 km NW of White Center, Washington · 15916 days ago · 17 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.70 km E of Port Townsend, Washington · 15913 days ago · 19 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.25 km N of Startup, Washington · 15913 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 1.52 km ESE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 15911 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.92 km W of Fall City, Washington · 15909 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.917 km NE of May Creek, Washington · 15908 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.95 km NNW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 15907 days ago · 52 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.87 km SE of Deming, Washington · 15906 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 1.65 km N of North Sultan, Washington · 15905 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  21. 2.04 km NNW of Fall City, Washington · 15902 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.81 km WNW of City of Sammamish, Washington · 15902 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  23. 2.013 km E of Verlot, Washington · 15901 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.53 km NNW of Gorst, Washington · 15900 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 2.22 km E of Mount Vernon, Washington · 15900 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 2.34 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington · 15900 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.01 km ESE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15895 days ago · 24 km deep · 78 km away
  28. 2.35 km WNW of Meadowdale, Washington · 15894 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 2.11 km S of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15887 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.25 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 15886 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.76 km SW of Hansville, Washington · 15885 days ago · 18 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 2.33 km WNW of La Conner, Washington · 15884 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 1.61 km N of Ames Lake, Washington · 15881 days ago · 69 km deep · 84 km away

Before

  1. 1.70 km ENE of Clyde Hill, Washington · 15941 days ago · 24 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.55 km SW of Clinton, Washington · 15942 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 1.64 km S of Monroe, Washington · 15948 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.610 km NNW of Belfair, Washington · 15956 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  5. 2.26 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 15958 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.01 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15959 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.91 km NW of Redmond, Washington · 15959 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.61 km ESE of Port Townsend, Washington · 15960 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.96 km SSW of Hansville, Washington · 15961 days ago · 19 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.00 km NE of Normandy Park, Washington · 15967 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10154398. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.