M1.9 earthquake 24 km E of Desert Aire, Washington
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 24 km E of Desert Aire, Washington on Sun, Mar 23, 2003, 3:32 PM PST (23:32 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 23 km E of Desert Aire, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-23 23:32:46 UTC
- Depth
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 46.663° N, 119.598° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.023 km E of Desert Aire, Washington · 8595 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.89 km S of Prosser, Washington · 8544 days ago · 22 km deep · 62 km away
Before
- 2.411 km SW of Ellensburg, Washington · 8597 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.09 km SW of Royal City, Washington · 8601 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.09 km N of Selah, Washington · 8624 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.69 km WNW of Touchet, Washington · 8624 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10582893. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.