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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near East Renton Highlands, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in East Renton Highlands in the 24 hours to 1:03 am PDT (08:03 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 47 km (29 mi) WSW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS.

M 3.0

Latest: 8:22 pm PST on 21 January 2026 · 21 km (13 mi) NNE of East Renton Highlands, WA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near East Renton Highlands was M 3.0, 21 km (13 mi) NNE of East Renton Highlands, WA, at 8:22 pm PST on 21 January 2026, 27 km deep. 289 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in East Renton Highlands was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 29 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near East Renton Highlands since; the newest is first in the list below.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of East Renton Highlands in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
1
Last 30 days
6 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 2.9
Last 12 months
39 · largest M 3.0 on 21 January 2026
Since 2016
387 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.9 on 8 August 2023, 29 km (18 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA
Reported felt
138 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Seattle fault, 2 km from its surface trace

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Sep 14 Sep 29 Oct 13
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.6–M2.1), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

The latest 50

  1. 1.8 21 km (13 mi) ESE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  2. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) E of East Renton Highlands, WA
  3. 2.1 30 km (19 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 1
  4. 2.4 23 km (14 mi) ESE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 10
  5. 2.0 3 km (2 mi) ESE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  6. 2.1 24 km (15 mi) ESE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 2
  7. 2.1 25 km (16 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 3
  8. 1.6 11 km (7 mi) SSE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  9. 1.5 19 km (12 mi) NNE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  10. 1.9 24 km (15 mi) S of East Renton Highlands, WA
  11. 1.5 15 km (9 mi) WNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  12. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) S of East Renton Highlands, WA
  13. 1.9 24 km (15 mi) WNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  14. 2.1 27 km (17 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  15. 1.8 27 km (17 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  16. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  17. 1.6 18 km (11 mi) NNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  18. 1.9 15 km (9 mi) ESE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  19. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  20. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) SSW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  21. 2.0 6 km (4 mi) SSW of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 1
  22. 1.7 13 km (8 mi) E of East Renton Highlands, WA
  23. 1.7 15 km (9 mi) E of East Renton Highlands, WA
  24. 2.2 14 km (9 mi) E of East Renton Highlands, WA
  25. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  26. 2.0 25 km (15 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 2
  27. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  28. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) NE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  29. 1.6 17 km (11 mi) NNW of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 1
  30. 3.0 21 km (13 mi) NNE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 289
  31. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) NNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  32. 1.5 26 km (16 mi) SW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  33. 1.9 8 km (5 mi) E of East Renton Highlands, WA
  34. 2.4 25 km (15 mi) ESE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 7
  35. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) ESE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  36. 1.5 12 km (8 mi) WNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  37. 1.7 12 km (8 mi) WNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  38. 1.5 15 km (9 mi) NNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  39. 1.7 13 km (8 mi) NNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  40. 1.9 10 km (6 mi) SSE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  41. 1.5 25 km (15 mi) WSW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  42. 2.1 24 km (15 mi) W of East Renton Highlands, WA
  43. 2.8 23 km (14 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 41
  44. 1.6 16 km (10 mi) N of East Renton Highlands, WA
  45. 2.3 29 km (18 mi) ENE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 17
  46. 2.2 26 km (16 mi) NE of East Renton Highlands, WA · felt by 3
  47. 1.6 22 km (14 mi) ESE of East Renton Highlands, WA
  48. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) WNW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  49. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) SW of East Renton Highlands, WA
  50. 1.6 16 km (10 mi) W of East Renton Highlands, WA

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are East Renton Highlands time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after East Renton Highlands are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is East Renton Highlands; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in East Renton Highlands

The strongest shaking in East Renton Highlands from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 3.9 on 8 August 2023, 29 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in East Renton Highlands (est.)
M 3.9 29 kmIII · Weak · felt by 1,585
M 3.1 15 kmIII · Weak · felt by 257
M 3.5 30 kmII · Weak · felt by 1,316
M 3.4 23 kmII · Weak · felt by 1,640
M 3.4 29 kmII · Weak · felt by 1,044

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of East Renton Highlands:

  1. 6.7 1 km ENE of Dash Point, Washington · 29 km SW of East Renton Highlands
  2. 6.1 Puget Sound region, Washington · 49 km W of East Renton Highlands
  3. 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 35 km NNE of East Renton Highlands
  4. 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 36 km NE of East Renton Highlands
  5. 5.0 3 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 22 km WSW of East Renton Highlands

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.

Nearby towns

Fairwood 5 km · Newcastle 7 km · Issaquah 8 km · Renton 8 km · East Hill-Meridian 9 km · Bryn Mawr-Skyway 10 km · West Lake Sammamish 10 km · Tukwila 11 km

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