M2.0 earthquake 13 km WSW of Highland, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of Highland, Washington on Sun, May 6, 1984, 7:45 PM PDT (02:45 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 4 km E of Umapine, Oregon. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-05-07 02:45:40 UTC
- Depth
- 18.0 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.078° N, 119.263° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 18
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.516 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 15474 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Pilot Rock, Oregon · 15467 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.74 km E of Umapine, Oregon · 15448 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.121 km NE of Lexington, Oregon · 15440 days ago · 21 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Warden, Washington · 15438 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.02 km SW of West Richland, Washington · 15426 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
Before
- 2.15 km W of Pendleton, Oregon · 15483 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Waitsburg, Washington · 15484 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.820 km SSW of Prosser, Washington · 15485 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.88 km W of Connell, Washington · 15486 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10174278. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC.