M1.8 earthquake 14 km E of Mansfield, Washington
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 14 km E of Mansfield, Washington on Sun, Apr 30, 1989, 12:53 PM PDT (19:53 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 12 km WSW of Malott, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-04-30 19:53:40 UTC
- Depth
- -0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.795° N, 119.438° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- Stations used
- 13
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.215 km E of Mansfield, Washington · 13669 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.214 km ESE of Mansfield, Washington · 13669 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.512 km WSW of Malott, Washington · 13660 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.86 km N of Waterville, Washington · 13657 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.711 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 13650 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Entiat, Washington · 13644 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Entiat, Washington · 13635 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.87 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 13626 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.07 km NNW of Chelan, Washington · 13625 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
Before
- 1.87 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 13680 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.415 km E of Mansfield, Washington · 13688 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Chelan, Washington · 13695 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Chelan, Washington · 13695 days ago · -1 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Chelan, Washington · 13697 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10244973. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC.