M1.5 earthquake 16 km WSW of Othello, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Othello, Washington on Fri, May 11, 1984, 8:20 PM PDT (03:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 2 km N of Yakima, WA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-05-12 03:20:41 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.744° N, 119.358° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 8
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.12 km N of Yakima, WA · 15463 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.61 km E of Gleed, Washington · 15452 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Warden, Washington · 15438 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.02 km SW of West Richland, Washington · 15426 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.421 km ENE of Moses Lake, Washington · 15422 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.71 km E of Mattawa, Washington · 15418 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Royal City, Washington · 15418 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 15414 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
Before
- 2.013 km WSW of Highland, Washington · 15478 days ago · 18 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.820 km SSW of Prosser, Washington · 15485 days ago · -1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.88 km W of Connell, Washington · 15485 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.111 km E of Kittitas, Washington · 15495 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10174773. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC.