M2.0 earthquake 6 km E of Vantage, Washington
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km E of Vantage, Washington on Fri, Feb 9, 1990, 12:44 PM PST (20:44 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 7 km SW 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
- 1990-02-09 20:44:46 UTC
- Depth
- 1.4 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.934° N, 119.899° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.37 km SW of Entiat, Washington · 13380 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.36 km E of Vantage, Washington · 13371 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.09 km ESE of Mansfield, Washington · 13369 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.38 km WNW of Entiat, Washington · 13353 days ago · -1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.812 km SW of Entiat, Washington · 13341 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.28 km NNE of Cashmere, Washington · 13340 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.79 km WNW of Entiat, Washington · 13330 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 2.36 km SSE of Leavenworth, Washington · 13389 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.39 km NNE of Quincy, Washington · 13399 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Mesa, Washington · 13400 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Benton City, Washington · 13412 days ago · 20 km deep · 73 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10253518. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 5:05 AM UTC.