M1.9 earthquake 3 km ESE of Entiat, Washington
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Entiat, Washington on Thu, Mar 7, 1985, 1:09 AM PST (09:09 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 14 km SSW of Vantage, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-07 09:09:36 UTC
- Depth
- -0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.659° N, 120.167° 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 0.5 km horizontally
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.915 km NNW of Vantage, Washington · 15166 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.314 km SSW of Vantage, Washington · 15159 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.634 km NNW of Leavenworth, Washington · 15157 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.812 km W of Entiat, Washington · 15153 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of Mansfield, Washington · 15143 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.57 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 15139 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.73 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 15138 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.024 km SE of Kittitas, Washington · 15135 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.213 km SE of Kittitas, Washington · 15131 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Kittitas, Washington · 15131 days ago · 18 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Malott, Washington · 15119 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
Before
- 2.011 km ESE of Mansfield, Washington · 15186 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Kittitas, Washington · 15192 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.715 km S of Ephrata, Washington · 15193 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Waterville, Washington · 15198 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.613 km ESE of Mansfield, Washington · 15200 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.13 km E of Entiat, Washington · 15203 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10186183. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:55 AM UTC.