M1.6 earthquake Washington
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck in Washington on Fri, Oct 6, 1989, 12:04 PM PDT (19:04 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 4 km NNE of Waterville, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-10-06 19:04:08 UTC
- Depth
- -0.1 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 47.025° N, 119.942° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 18
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.923 km E of Desert Aire, Washington · 13502 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.14 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 13498 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Entiat, Washington · 13497 days ago · -1 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.58 km S of Connell, Washington · 13487 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Waterville, Washington · 13481 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.824 km SSE of Royal City, Washington · 13481 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.525 km SSE of Royal City, Washington · 13481 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.54 km SE of Coulee City, Washington · 13472 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
Before
- 1.88 km WNW of Vantage, Washington · 13514 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.74 km NW of Waterville, Washington · 13515 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.51 km E of Entiat, Washington · 13528 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.58 km W of Entiat, Washington · 13540 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10246418. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC.