QuakeIndex

Fault · Washington

Cherry Creek fault

15 kmlong (9 mi), as mapped
not measuredhow fast it slips
< 15,000 yearssince it last broke the surface
6quakes of M2.5+ within 10 km since 2016

Updated , with the latest earthquake of M2.5 or more within 10 km of the trace: M 3.0, 2 km NNW of Ames Lake, Washington.

In plain English

Its most recent surface rupture is younger than 15,000 years.

This week vs. its last ten years

0/100

quiet

No quakes of M1.5+ within 5 km of the trace in the last 7 days. A normal week: 0–0.

Computed from the USGS catalogue · a description of the past, not a forecast · method

Olympia structureSeattle faultSouthern Whidbey Island faultRattlesnake Mountain faultUtsalady Point faultTacoma fault
The Cherry Creek fault as mapped at the surface (glowing), with the other mapped faults nearby and 6 of the M2.5+ earthquakes within 10 km of it since 2016 (dots). Traces: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Historic epicentres are estimates.

Every year since 2016

Earthquakes of M2.5+ with an epicentre within 10 km of the mapped trace. Near is not the same as on: some will have slipped on neighbouring faults.

Most recent near it

  1. M 3.0 2 km NNW of Ames Lake, Washington
    2026-01-22 · 6 km from the trace
  2. M 2.7 4 km E of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
    2022-12-13 · 4 km from the trace
  3. M 3.0 6 km ENE of Carnation, Washington
    2020-12-29 · 8 km from the trace
  4. M 2.9 4 km S of Monroe, Washington
    2020-12-28 · 9 km from the trace
  5. M 3.2 3 km NNW of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
    2020-03-22 · 2 km from the trace
  6. M 2.6 1 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
    2019-11-13 · 2 km from the trace

Neighbouring faults

Fault trace, slip rate and age: USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database (public domain), simplified for the web. Earthquakes: USGS ComCat. QuakeIndex does not forecast earthquakes; a fault's history describes the past. For early warning use ShakeAlert.