M1.8 earthquake 3 km SW of Warden, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Warden, Washington on Fri, Jul 13, 1984, 5:02 PM PDT (00:02 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-07-14 00:02:16 UTC
- Depth
- 2.2 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.949° N, 119.079° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 22
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.121 km ENE of Moses Lake, Washington · 15415 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Royal City, Washington · 15409 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.18 km SW of Tri-Cities, Washington · 15377 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.3Washington · 15368 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.89 km N of Banks Lake South, Washington · 15368 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.714 km SW of Cascade Valley, Washington · 15361 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
Before
- 1.716 km WSW of Othello, Washington · 15422 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Royal City, Washington · 15426 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.71 km E of Mattawa, Washington · 15426 days ago · 21 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.421 km ENE of Moses Lake, Washington · 15430 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.02 km SW of West Richland, Washington · 15434 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Warden, Washington · 15446 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10176503. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:45 AM UTC.