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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Maple Heights-Lake Desire in the 24 hours to 3:00 am PDT (10:00 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 47 km (29 mi) W, 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 · 24 km (15 mi) NNE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Maple Heights-Lake Desire was M 3.0, 24 km (15 mi) NNE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA, at 8:22 pm PST on 21 January 2026, 27 km deep. 289 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Maple Heights-Lake Desire was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 27 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Maple Heights-Lake Desire since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
1
Last 30 days
5 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 2.7
Last 12 months
37 · largest M 3.0 on 21 January 2026
Since 2016
351 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.4 on 22 February 2025, 19 km (12 mi) S of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
Reported felt
117 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Seattle fault, 5 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 19 km (12 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  2. 1.6 25 km (16 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  3. 2.4 21 km (13 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 10
  4. 2.0 4 km (3 mi) NNE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  5. 2.1 22 km (14 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 2
  6. 2.1 26 km (16 mi) ENE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 3
  7. 1.6 6 km (4 mi) SE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  8. 1.5 23 km (14 mi) NNE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  9. 1.9 20 km (13 mi) SSW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  10. 1.5 18 km (11 mi) NW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  11. 1.6 22 km (14 mi) S of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  12. 1.9 26 km (16 mi) WNW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  13. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) NE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  14. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) NE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  15. 1.7 23 km (14 mi) NNW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  16. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) NNW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  17. 1.9 14 km (9 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  18. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) NE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  19. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) SW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  20. 2.0 4 km (2 mi) W of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 1
  21. 1.7 30 km (19 mi) WSW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  22. 1.7 12 km (7 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  23. 1.7 14 km (8 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  24. 2.2 13 km (8 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  25. 2.0 25 km (16 mi) ENE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 2
  26. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  27. 1.6 22 km (14 mi) NNW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 1
  28. 3.0 24 km (15 mi) NNE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 289
  29. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) NNW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  30. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  31. 1.9 8 km (5 mi) ENE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  32. 2.4 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 7
  33. 1.7 25 km (15 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  34. 1.5 15 km (9 mi) NW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  35. 1.7 15 km (10 mi) NW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  36. 1.5 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  37. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  38. 1.9 6 km (4 mi) SE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  39. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) WSW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  40. 2.1 25 km (16 mi) W of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  41. 2.8 24 km (15 mi) NE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 41
  42. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) N of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  43. 2.3 30 km (18 mi) ENE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 17
  44. 2.2 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA · felt by 3
  45. 1.6 20 km (12 mi) E of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  46. 2.1 30 km (18 mi) SSE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  47. 1.7 25 km (16 mi) WSW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  48. 1.6 18 km (11 mi) WNW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  49. 1.8 6 km (3 mi) SE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, WA
  50. 1.6 20 km (13 mi) W of Maple Heights-Lake Desire, 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 Maple Heights-Lake Desire time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Maple Heights-Lake Desire are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Maple Heights-Lake Desire

The strongest shaking in Maple Heights-Lake Desire from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 3.1 on 6 March 2024, 15 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 Maple Heights-Lake Desire (est.)
M 3.1 15 kmIII · Weak · felt by 257
M 3.2 15 kmII · Weak · felt by 309
M 3.4 19 kmII · Weak · felt by 1,640
M 2.0 4 kmII · Weak · felt by 1
M 3.2 28 kmII · Weak · felt by 565

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 Maple Heights-Lake Desire:

  1. 6.7 1 km ENE of Dash Point, Washington · 27 km WSW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire
  2. 6.1 Puget Sound region, Washington · 50 km W of Maple Heights-Lake Desire
  3. 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 39 km NNE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire
  4. 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 39 km NNE of Maple Heights-Lake Desire
  5. 5.0 3 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 21 km WSW of Maple Heights-Lake Desire

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 · East Renton Highlands 5 km · East Hill-Meridian 7 km · Maple Valley 7 km · Covington 10 km · Renton 10 km · Issaquah 11 km · Newcastle 11 km

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