M1.9 earthquake 5 km ENE of Entiat, Washington
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Entiat, Washington on Tue, Apr 8, 1986, 2:57 AM PST (10:57 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 10 km N of Entiat, 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
- 1986-04-08 10:57:34 UTC
- Depth
- 4.1 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.699° N, 120.136° 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 4.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 293°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 17
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.310 km N of Entiat, Washington · 14777 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.810 km W of Mansfield, Washington · 14777 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Quincy, Washington · 14776 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.313 km N of Almira, Washington · 14773 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.52 km WSW of Entiat, Washington · 14768 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Marlin, Washington · 14756 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.817 km NNW of Banks Lake South, Washington · 14734 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.61 km W of Entiat, Washington · 14721 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.214 km W of Entiat, Washington · 14719 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 1.919 km SSW of Disautel, Washington · 14786 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.49 km SW of Royal City, Washington · 14802 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.68 km S of Chelan Falls, Washington · 14805 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Manson, Washington · 14806 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10203078 (also filed as usp0002srr). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 PM UTC.