Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 13 km N of Quincy, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km N of Quincy, Washington on Wed, Sep 28, 1983, 3:38 PM PDT (22:38 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 14 km WSW of Basin City, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-09-28 22:38:56 UTC
Depth
0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
47.355° N, 119.883° 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 0.5 km horizontally
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
24

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.68 km N of Entiat, Washington · 15699 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.114 km WSW of Basin City, Washington · 15695 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.54 km N of Entiat, Washington · 15691 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.023 km E of Mansfield, Washington · 15690 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.69 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 15684 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 1.52 km W of Entiat, Washington · 15683 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.13 km E of Cle Elum, Washington · 15680 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.64 km W of Entiat, Washington · 15679 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.321 km S of Royal City, Washington · 15679 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.121 km SSE of Royal City, Washington · 15679 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 3.420 km S of Royal City, Washington · 15678 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.65 km NNE of Entiat, Washington · 15672 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.512 km WNW of Othello, Washington · 15671 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 2.28 km S of Leavenworth, Washington · 15671 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.86 km N of Waterville, Washington · 15666 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 1.77 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 15664 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 1.89 km WNW of Entiat, Washington · 15662 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.54 km N of Entiat, Washington · 15660 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.00 km NE of Roslyn, Washington · 15656 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 1.73 km E of Gleed, Washington · 15656 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.62 km N of Selah, Washington · 15653 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 1.9Washington · 15653 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 3.81 km ESE of Gleed, Washington · 15653 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 2.21 km ENE of Gleed, Washington · 15653 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.30 km E of Gleed, Washington · 15653 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 2.12 km E of Gleed, Washington · 15653 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.64 km NNE of Selah, Washington · 15653 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.01 km ESE of Gleed, Washington · 15653 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  29. 1.70 km W of Gleed, Washington · 15653 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.43 km ENE of Gleed, Washington · 15653 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.52 km W of Selah, Washington · 15653 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 2.314 km E of Mansfield, Washington · 15643 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.816 km S of Desert Aire, Washington · 15643 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away

Before

  1. 1.54 km SSW of West Wenatchee, Washington · 15700 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 2.15 km SSE of Entiat, Washington · 15703 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.55 km WSW of Waterville, Washington · 15708 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.66 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 15714 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.56 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 15715 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.411 km NW of Entiat, Washington · 15715 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 1.94 km SW of Chelan Falls, Washington · 15725 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10165543. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.