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Earthquakes near North Fort Lewis, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in North Fort Lewis in the 24 hours to 7:56 am PST (15:56 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 32 km (20 mi) NNW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS.

M 2.8

Latest: 3:48 pm PDT on 27 May 2026 · 29 km (18 mi) NNW of North Fort Lewis, WA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near North Fort Lewis was M 2.8, 29 km (18 mi) NNW of North Fort Lewis, WA, at 3:48 pm PDT on 27 May 2026, 26 km deep. 63 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in North Fort Lewis was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 5 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near North Fort Lewis since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
1
Last 30 days
1 · since 2016, about one every 1 months
Last 12 months
14 · largest M 2.9 on 11 March 2026
Since 2016
100 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.0 on 24 June 2016, 30 km (19 mi) NE of North Fort Lewis, WA
Reported felt
35 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Tacoma fault, 20 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 15 Oct 30 Nov 13
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 50

  1. 1.6 28 km (18 mi) ESE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  2. 2.1 29 km (18 mi) ESE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  3. 2.2 28 km (18 mi) NNW of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 1
  4. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) NE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  5. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) NW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  6. 2.8 29 km (18 mi) NNW of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 63
  7. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) ESE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  8. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  9. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  10. 2.9 23 km (14 mi) NW of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 38
  11. 1.5 23 km (14 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 1
  12. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) NW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  13. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) SSE of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 1
  14. 1.5 30 km (18 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  15. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) NW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  16. 2.1 21 km (13 mi) NNW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  17. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  18. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) NE of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 1
  19. 1.9 14 km (9 mi) NE of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 1
  20. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  21. 1.8 28 km (17 mi) SSE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  22. 1.7 13 km (8 mi) ENE of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 1
  23. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) SSE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  24. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) SSE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  25. 1.9 22 km (14 mi) ENE of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 1
  26. 2.5 19 km (12 mi) NNW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  27. 2.3 20 km (12 mi) ENE of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 1
  28. 2.0 21 km (13 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  29. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  30. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 3
  31. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) S of North Fort Lewis, WA
  32. 2.0 25 km (15 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  33. 2.1 26 km (16 mi) WNW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  34. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  35. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  36. 1.7 30 km (18 mi) ESE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  37. 2.2 27 km (17 mi) NW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  38. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) NW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  39. 1.5 9 km (6 mi) NE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  40. 1.9 14 km (9 mi) WSW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  41. 2.0 24 km (15 mi) W of North Fort Lewis, WA
  42. 1.5 24 km (15 mi) N of North Fort Lewis, WA
  43. 1.9 22 km (14 mi) NNW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  44. 2.0 22 km (14 mi) NW of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 3
  45. 2.0 19 km (12 mi) NNW of North Fort Lewis, WA · felt by 6
  46. 1.5 26 km (16 mi) NNE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  47. 1.6 8 km (5 mi) W of North Fort Lewis, WA
  48. 1.9 28 km (17 mi) NNW of North Fort Lewis, WA
  49. 1.6 16 km (10 mi) SE of North Fort Lewis, WA
  50. 1.6 16 km (10 mi) SE of North Fort Lewis, 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 North Fort Lewis time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after North Fort Lewis are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in North Fort Lewis

The strongest shaking in North Fort Lewis from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity II (weak), from the M 2.6 on 11 January 2017, 13 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 North Fort Lewis (est.)
M 2.6 13 kmII · Weak · felt by 25
M 1.9 14 kmII · Weak
M 3.0 30 kmII · Weak · felt by 18
M 2.9 23 kmII · Weak · felt by 38
M 2.8 29 kmII · Weak · felt by 63

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. 2 of these 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 6 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km of North Fort Lewis; the five largest:

  1. 6.8 The 2001 Nisqually, Washington Earthquake · 10 km WNW of North Fort Lewis
  2. 6.7 4 km WNW of Roy, Washington · 12 km S of North Fort Lewis
  3. 6.7 1 km ENE of Dash Point, Washington · 27 km NNE of North Fort Lewis
  4. 6.1 Puget Sound region, Washington · 33 km NNW of North Fort Lewis
  5. 5.8 Puget Sound area, Washington · 29 km NW of North Fort Lewis

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

Lakewood 8 km · Parkland 13 km · University Place 13 km · Tacoma 19 km · Artondale 20 km

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