M1.6 earthquake 19 km WSW of Othello, Washington
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Othello, Washington on Sat, Feb 4, 1984, 4:14 PM PST (00:14 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 19 km WSW of Othello, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-02-05 00:14:42 UTC
- Depth
- 0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.755° N, 119.413° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 10
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
- 1.819 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 15568 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.620 km ESE of Desert Aire, Washington · 15566 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.09 km NNE of West Pasco, Washington · 15555 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of West Pasco, Washington · 15555 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.612 km ENE of Naches, Washington · 15550 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.88 km N of Pasco, Washington · 15547 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Kittitas, Washington · 15539 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.81 km WSW of Selah, Washington · 15539 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 1.98 km ENE of Kittitas, Washington · 15585 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.40 km WSW of Gleed, Washington · 15588 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Gleed, Washington · 15588 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.80 km N of Eschbach, Washington · 15588 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Naches, Washington · 15596 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10173458. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC.