M2.6 earthquake 6 km ENE of Deming, Washington
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Deming, Washington on Fri, Nov 1, 1985, 11:37 AM PST (19:37 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 32 km E of Glacier, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-01 19:37:00 UTC
- Depth
- 1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.848° N, 122.132° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 13.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 25
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.23 km SW of Swede Heaven, Washington · 14932 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.819 km NNW of Concrete, Washington · 14926 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.68 km ESE of Verlot, Washington · 14913 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.732 km E of Glacier, Washington · 14911 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.214 km SSW of Birch Bay, Washington · 14902 days ago · 59 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.711 km S of Friday Harbor, Washington · 14894 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.011 km SSW of Darrington, Washington · 14889 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.50 km W of Oak Harbor, Washington · 14878 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10197718 (also filed as usp0002mcf). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:49 AM UTC.