Washington earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 6 km SW of Bay View, Washington

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Bay View, Washington on Wed, Aug 30, 1989, 5:24 PM PDT (00:24 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 2 km ENE of Oak Bay, Canada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1989-08-31 00:24:05 UTC
Depth
23.8 km (14.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.441° N, 122.544° W
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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.33 km NW of Acme, Washington · 13546 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.74 km SE of Port Ludlow, Washington · 13544 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 1.78 km NNW of Orcas, Washington · 13540 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 1.85 km ENE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 13536 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 1.74 km SE of Seabeck, Washington · 13536 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.516 km E of Verlot, Washington · 13529 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.74 km E of Blaine, Washington · 13528 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 2.36 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 13526 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.26 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 13526 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.71 km WNW of Anacortes, Washington · 13515 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 1.63 km E of Riverside, Washington · 13509 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.92 km ENE of Oak Bay, Canada · 13503 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.55 km SSE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 13503 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.97 km S of Bellingham, Washington · 13499 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.91 km ESE of Darrington, Washington · 13490 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.46 km ENE of Bainbridge Island, Washington · 13489 days ago · 25 km deep · 89 km away

Before

  1. 1.518 km SSE of Glacier, Washington · 13550 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.019 km SSE of Glacier, Washington · 13551 days ago · 18 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.62 km NNE of Big Lake, Washington · 13564 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 1.53 km NNW of La Conner, Washington · 13570 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.56 km SSE of Swede Heaven, Washington · 13578 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 1.85 km SSE of Swede Heaven, Washington · 13578 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10252813. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:11 AM UTC.