M1.5 earthquake 15 km SW of Disautel, Washington
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km SW of Disautel, Washington on Tue, May 7, 1985, 2:16 PM PDT (21:16 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 18 km N of Winthrop, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-07 21:16:48 UTC
- Depth
- -0.0 km (-0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.281° N, 119.402° 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 1.1 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 14
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
- 1.718 km N of Winthrop, Washington · 15102 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.52 km NNE of Chelan Falls, Washington · 15099 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.116 km E of Mansfield, Washington · 15099 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.216 km SE of Okanogan, Washington · 15095 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.77 km W of Entiat, Washington · 15088 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.918 km E of Mansfield, Washington · 15079 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.29 km N of Waterville, Washington · 15071 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.73 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 15068 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.79 km ESE of Chelan Falls, Washington · 15064 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 2.429 km W of Malo, Washington · 15113 days ago · 26 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Malott, Washington · 15119 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.426 km NNE of Winthrop, Washington · 15130 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.73 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 15138 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 15139 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10187298. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.