The July 15, 1936 earthquake
M6.0near Garrett, Washington
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake 6.2 miles deep, centred in Walla Walla County. The 6th strongest in Washington’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 6.2 mi
- 10.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Wednesday, July 15, 1936
- 23:07 PST; 07:07 UTC on Jul 16, 1936
- In Washington’s record
- 6th
- strongest of 5,002 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event iscgem903747 (“3 km SW of Garrett, Washington”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Walla Walla CountyWA · inside
- Columbia CountyWA · 19.3 mi
- Wallowa CountyOR · 21.8 mi
- Umatilla CountyOR · 21.8 mi
- Union CountyOR · 23.6 mi
- Franklin CountyWA · 24.4 mi
- Benton CountyWA · 24.6 mi
- Whitman CountyWA · 38.4 mi
- Garfield CountyWA · 39.7 mi
- Asotin CountyWA · 45.6 mi
- Morrow CountyOR · 48.8 mi
Cities, largest first
- KennewickWA · 37.6 mi
- PascoWA · 36.9 mi
- RichlandWA · 45.0 mi
- Walla WallaWA · 5.1 mi
- HermistonOR · 43.3 mi
- West RichlandWA · 49.9 mi
- PendletonOR · 30.9 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
22 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.