M2.0 earthquake 19 km SSE of Glacier, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 19 km SSE of Glacier, Washington on Mon, Aug 28, 1989, 3:06 AM PDT (10:06 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 3 km NW of Acme, 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
- 1989-08-28 10:06:55 UTC
- Depth
- 18.5 km (11.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.744° N, 121.808° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 203°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.518 km SSE of Glacier, Washington · 13548 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Bay View, Washington · 13546 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.33 km NW of Acme, Washington · 13544 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Orcas, Washington · 13538 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.516 km E of Verlot, Washington · 13527 days ago · -1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.74 km E of Blaine, Washington · 13526 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.36 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 13524 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.26 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 13524 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.71 km WNW of Anacortes, Washington · 13513 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.63 km E of Riverside, Washington · 13508 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.55 km SSE of Lake Roesiger, Washington · 13501 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.97 km S of Bellingham, Washington · 13497 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
Before
- 1.62 km NNE of Big Lake, Washington · 13562 days ago · -1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.53 km NNW of La Conner, Washington · 13568 days ago · 23 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Swede Heaven, Washington · 13576 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Swede Heaven, Washington · 13576 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10252008. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:09 AM UTC.