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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Lake Stickney, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Lake Stickney in the 24 hours to 3:15 am PST (11:15 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 63 km (39 mi) SSW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS.

M 3.0

Latest: 5:42 am PST on 24 February 2026 · 17 km (11 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Lake Stickney was M 3.0, 17 km (11 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA, at 5:42 am PST on 24 February 2026, 26 km deep. 476 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Lake Stickney was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 16 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Lake Stickney since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
1 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 2.1
Last 12 months
27 · largest M 3.0 on 24 February 2026
Since 2016
277 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 4.6 on 12 July 2019, 18 km (11 mi) E of Lake Stickney, WA
Reported felt
79 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Southern Whidbey Island fault, 1 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

Oct 14 Oct 29 Nov 12
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–M2.0), 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 8 km (5 mi) SSW of Lake Stickney, WA
  2. 1.7 in Lake Stickney, WA
  3. 1.5 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA
  4. 1.6 16 km (10 mi) S of Lake Stickney, WA
  5. 2.3 19 km (12 mi) SW of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 2
  6. 1.5 17 km (10 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA
  7. 2.0 18 km (11 mi) ENE of Lake Stickney, WA
  8. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) S of Lake Stickney, WA
  9. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) S of Lake Stickney, WA
  10. 1.5 10 km (6 mi) SW of Lake Stickney, WA
  11. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA
  12. 1.8 16 km (10 mi) SSW of Lake Stickney, WA
  13. 2.0 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA
  14. 2.0 12 km (8 mi) WNW of Lake Stickney, WA
  15. 1.5 22 km (13 mi) NNW of Lake Stickney, WA
  16. 1.6 12 km (7 mi) NW of Lake Stickney, WA
  17. 3.0 17 km (11 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 476
  18. 1.7 12 km (7 mi) NW of Lake Stickney, WA
  19. 2.0 12 km (7 mi) NW of Lake Stickney, WA
  20. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) S of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 1
  21. 1.7 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Lake Stickney, WA
  22. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) W of Lake Stickney, WA
  23. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) W of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 1
  24. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) W of Lake Stickney, WA
  25. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) W of Lake Stickney, WA
  26. 1.7 15 km (9 mi) SSW of Lake Stickney, WA
  27. 1.5 12 km (8 mi) ENE of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 1
  28. 1.5 10 km (6 mi) SW of Lake Stickney, WA
  29. 1.7 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA
  30. 1.9 18 km (11 mi) SW of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 3
  31. 1.9 26 km (16 mi) SW of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 2
  32. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) W of Lake Stickney, WA
  33. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSE of Lake Stickney, WA
  34. 1.9 21 km (13 mi) SE of Lake Stickney, WA
  35. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) W of Lake Stickney, WA
  36. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) E of Lake Stickney, WA
  37. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA
  38. 1.8 14 km (9 mi) NW of Lake Stickney, WA
  39. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA
  40. 2.8 18 km (11 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 35
  41. 2.1 12 km (7 mi) SW of Lake Stickney, WA
  42. 2.1 15 km (9 mi) NW of Lake Stickney, WA
  43. 1.5 23 km (14 mi) SW of Lake Stickney, WA
  44. 1.6 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 1
  45. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) SSE of Lake Stickney, WA
  46. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) NNW of Lake Stickney, WA
  47. 1.8 17 km (11 mi) SSE of Lake Stickney, WA · felt by 2
  48. 1.6 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Lake Stickney, WA
  49. 1.5 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Lake Stickney, WA
  50. 2.3 16 km (10 mi) NE of Lake Stickney, 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 Lake Stickney time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Lake Stickney are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Lake Stickney

The strongest shaking in Lake Stickney from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 4.6 on 12 July 2019, 18 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 Lake Stickney (est.)
M 4.6 18 kmIII · Weak · felt by 11,682
M 3.4 18 kmII · Weak · felt by 594
M 3.5 17 kmII · Weak · felt by 2,925
M 3.2 30 kmII · Weak · felt by 191
M 3.0 17 kmII · Weak · felt by 476

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 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Lake Stickney:

  1. 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 32 km ESE of Lake Stickney
  2. 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 35 km ESE of Lake Stickney
  3. 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 24 km NE of Lake Stickney

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

Lynnwood 7 km · North Creek 9 km · Edmonds 11 km · Everett 12 km

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.

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