M2.0 earthquake 12 km S of Loomis, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 12 km S of Loomis, Washington on Wed, May 31, 1989, 12:33 AM PDT (07:33 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 20 km SSE of Princeton, Canada. 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
- 1989-05-31 07:33:18 UTC
- Depth
- -1.2 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.711° N, 119.645° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 233°, 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.840 km W of Winthrop, Washington · 13627 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.07 km NNW of Chelan, Washington · 13625 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.720 km SSE of Princeton, Canada · 13596 days ago · -2 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.633 km S of Princeton, Canada · 13591 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.26 km ESE of Curlew, Washington · 13591 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Torboy, Washington · 13588 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.630 km S of Princeton, Canada · 13587 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.49 km N of Chelan, Washington · 13587 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10245473. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.