M2.0 earthquake 4 km WSW of George, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of George, Washington on Wed, Aug 2, 1989, 2:46 PM PDT (21:46 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 4 km SSE 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
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-08-02 21:46:11 UTC
- Depth
- -0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.060° N, 119.907° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.74 km SSE of Entiat, Washington · 13569 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Waterville, Washington · 13566 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.916 km W of Quincy, Washington · 13547 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.914 km ESE of Royal City, Washington · 13540 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.58 km W of Entiat, Washington · 13538 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.51 km E of Entiat, Washington · 13526 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
Before
- 2.40 km N of Cliffdell, Washington · 13576 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.28 km NNW of Tieton, Washington · 13583 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.510 km NNW of Tieton, Washington · 13583 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Chelan, Washington · 13585 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.49 km N of Chelan, Washington · 13586 days ago · -1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of George, Washington · 13596 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.75 km N of Waterville, Washington · 13603 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10245693. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC.