M2.2 earthquake 6 km NW of Entiat, Washington
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Entiat, Washington on Wed, Nov 20, 1985, 3:18 AM PST (11:18 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km NNW of Moses Lake North, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-20 11:18:10 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.716° N, 120.270° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.28 km NNW of Moses Lake North, Washington · 14914 days ago · 20 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.78 km W of Entiat, Washington · 14904 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.18 km NNW of Moses Lake North, Washington · 14877 days ago · 18 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.714 km N of Naches, Washington · 14871 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.86 km W of Entiat, Washington · 14869 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.613 km SSW of Thorp, Washington · 14864 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Skykomish, Washington · 14860 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 2.017 km NNW of Banks Lake South, Washington · 14926 days ago · -1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.912 km NNE of Mansfield, Washington · 14930 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Coulee City, Washington · 14934 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.87 km N of Waterville, Washington · 14937 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10199973. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.