Every recorded earthquake near

Earthquakes near Marietta-Alderwood, WA

M 2.6

Latest: 1:01 pm PDT on 29 May 2026 · 10 km (6 mi) NNE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Marietta-Alderwood was M 2.6, 10 km (6 mi) NNE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA, at 1:01 pm PDT on 29 May 2026. 3 smaller earthquakes have been recorded nearby since; the newest is first in the list below.

Within 30 km since 2016: 106 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
In the last 12 months: 9
Largest since 2016: M 4.5 on 3 March 2025, 27 km (17 mi) SW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA
Reported felt: 27 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked 23 seconds ago · newest earthquake in our database 10 minutes ago · this page 02:10 UTC

The latest 50

1.6 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jul 25, 2026
6:15 am PDT
2.2 29 km (18 mi) NW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jun 11, 2026
7:37 am PDT
2.1 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 1 Jun 2, 2026
1:44 am PDT
2.6 10 km (6 mi) NNE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA May 29, 2026
1:01 pm PDT
2.0 26 km (16 mi) S of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 1 May 1, 2026
5:06 am PDT
2.7 26 km (16 mi) S of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 26 Apr 26, 2026
9:22 pm PDT
1.6 28 km (17 mi) SE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Mar 7, 2026
10:18 pm PST
2.0 24 km (15 mi) S of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Dec 5, 2025
11:38 am PST
2.1 21 km (13 mi) N of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 10 Oct 4, 2025
7:25 pm PDT
1.8 20 km (12 mi) WNW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Sep 23, 2025
5:30 am PDT
1.5 8 km (5 mi) WNW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jul 14, 2025
1:50 pm PDT
1.8 14 km (9 mi) NW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jun 18, 2025
12:13 am PDT
2.0 28 km (17 mi) SE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 1 May 24, 2025
3:56 pm PDT
2.3 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 1 Apr 2, 2025
5:41 pm PDT
1.5 27 km (17 mi) SW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 2 Mar 6, 2025
3:18 am PST
4.5 27 km (17 mi) SW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 11,411 Mar 3, 2025
5:02 am PST
1.6 13 km (8 mi) W of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jul 30, 2024
6:05 am PDT
1.8 13 km (8 mi) W of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jul 27, 2024
2:02 pm PDT
2.0 23 km (14 mi) ENE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 1 Jun 22, 2024
12:47 am PDT
1.5 6 km (4 mi) SW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jun 17, 2024
2:12 pm PDT
1.9 2 km (1 mi) S of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 1 May 13, 2024
5:59 pm PDT
2.2 3 km (2 mi) S of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 1 May 11, 2024
12:57 am PDT
1.6 26 km (16 mi) S of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 1 May 6, 2024
3:22 pm PDT
1.6 5 km (3 mi) NW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Mar 23, 2024
4:06 pm PDT
1.8 6 km (4 mi) NW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Mar 23, 2024
3:55 pm PDT
1.6 8 km (5 mi) E of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Dec 11, 2023
1:15 pm PST
1.7 8 km (5 mi) NE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Nov 21, 2023
1:29 pm PST
1.5 24 km (15 mi) NNE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Aug 19, 2023
5:08 pm PDT
1.7 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Aug 11, 2023
4:13 pm PDT
2.5 17 km (10 mi) W of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 2 Jul 27, 2023
8:58 am PDT
2.1 26 km (16 mi) N of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jun 4, 2023
4:57 pm PDT
1.7 28 km (17 mi) N of Marietta-Alderwood, WA May 30, 2023
1:49 pm PDT
1.8 23 km (14 mi) E of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Mar 31, 2023
2:14 am PDT
2.1 18 km (11 mi) WNW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 1 Feb 20, 2023
4:46 pm PST
1.9 30 km (19 mi) ESE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Nov 10, 2022
9:25 pm PST
1.7 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Nov 10, 2022
2:05 pm PST
2.1 28 km (18 mi) E of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 7 Oct 2, 2022
5:46 am PDT
2.2 8 km (5 mi) NE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Sep 17, 2022
2:10 am PDT
1.5 23 km (14 mi) N of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jul 9, 2022
10:33 am PDT
1.5 21 km (13 mi) SSW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA May 7, 2022
4:04 am PDT
1.7 29 km (18 mi) ESE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Apr 1, 2022
11:40 am PDT
1.9 15 km (9 mi) NW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Mar 21, 2022
1:52 am PDT
1.5 15 km (9 mi) ENE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jan 24, 2022
11:48 pm PST
1.5 16 km (10 mi) NNW of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Dec 1, 2021
3:37 pm PST
2.4 22 km (14 mi) S of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 16 Nov 20, 2021
1:11 am PST
2.6 10 km (6 mi) NE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 38 Jul 20, 2021
3:49 am PDT
1.9 28 km (17 mi) ENE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Jun 25, 2021
12:39 am PDT
1.5 23 km (15 mi) ESE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Apr 17, 2021
10:36 pm PDT
2.1 16 km (10 mi) NE of Marietta-Alderwood, WA · felt by 6 Dec 7, 2020
9:11 am PST
1.7 25 km (16 mi) S of Marietta-Alderwood, WA Nov 26, 2020
11:59 pm PST

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 Marietta-Alderwood time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Marietta-Alderwood are listed even when they are further out.

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

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of Marietta-Alderwood:

6.0 San Juan Islands, Washington · 21 km WSW of Marietta-Alderwood 1909
5.5 21 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington · 33 km W of Marietta-Alderwood 1920
5.0 4 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 29 km ENE of Marietta-Alderwood 1990

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2016. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

Birch Bay fault, 3 km from its surface trace
Sandy Point fault, 8 km from its surface trace
Boulder Creek-Canyon Creek fault, 33 km from its surface trace

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

Nearby towns

Marietta 2 km · Bellingham 6 km · Ferndale 7 km · Sudden Valley 17 km · Anacortes 31 km · Sedro-Woolley 39 km

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