M2.3 earthquake Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck in Washington on Sun, Sep 2, 1984, 5:08 AM PDT (12:08 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 4 km SW of Electric City, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-09-02 12:08:38 UTC
- Depth
- -0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.812° N, 119.379° 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 0.7 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.89 km N of Banks Lake South, Washington · 15361 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.714 km SW of Cascade Valley, Washington · 15354 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.13 km SE of Entiat, Washington · 15350 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Entiat, Washington · 15349 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.12 km SSW of Entiat, Washington · 15340 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.112 km NNE of Cashmere, Washington · 15333 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Electric City, Washington · 15323 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.66 km N of Entiat, Washington · 15317 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.315 km NNW of Vantage, Washington · 15302 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
Before
- 1.918 km W of Entiat, Washington · 15363 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.77 km NNE of Entiat, Washington · 15365 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Disautel, Washington · 15373 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Electric City, Washington · 15378 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.812 km NNE of Sunnyslope, Washington · 15378 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10179013. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC.