M2.2 earthquake 16 km SE of Okanogan, Washington
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 16 km SE of Okanogan, Washington on Fri, May 24, 1985, 1:50 PM PDT (20:50 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 14 km ESE of Mansfield, 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
- 1985-05-24 20:50:21 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.270° N, 119.414° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 210°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77 km W of Entiat, Washington · 15088 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.918 km E of Mansfield, Washington · 15079 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.29 km N of Waterville, Washington · 15071 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.73 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 15068 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.79 km ESE of Chelan Falls, Washington · 15065 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Entiat, Washington · 15043 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.721 km NW of Granite Falls, Washington · 15039 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Entiat, Washington · 15039 days ago · -1 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.514 km ESE of Mansfield, Washington · 15036 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
Before
- 2.116 km E of Mansfield, Washington · 15099 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.52 km NNE of Chelan Falls, Washington · 15099 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.718 km N of Winthrop, Washington · 15103 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Disautel, Washington · 15113 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.429 km W of Malo, Washington · 15113 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.022 km ESE of Malott, Washington · 15120 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10195553. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC.