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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Sumas, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Sumas in the 24 hours to 8:42 pm PST (04:42 UTC). The last one was M 2.5, 17 km (10 mi) NNE, at 12:59 pm PDT on 7 July 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS.

M 2.6

Latest: 1:01 pm PDT on 29 May 2026 · 22 km (14 mi) SW of Sumas, WA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Sumas was M 2.6, 22 km (14 mi) SW of Sumas, WA, at 1:01 pm PDT on 29 May 2026, 20 km deep. The estimated shaking in Sumas was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 7 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Sumas since; the newest is first in the list below.

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

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 1.0
Last 12 months
19 · largest M 2.6 on 29 May 2026
Since 2016
130 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.2 on 6 September 2016, 28 km (18 mi) S of Sumas, WA
Reported felt
19 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Boulder Creek-Canyon Creek fault, 14 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 13 Oct 28 Nov 11
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 13 km (8 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  2. 1.8 15 km (9 mi) E of Sumas, WA
  3. 1.5 17 km (10 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  4. 1.5 15 km (10 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  5. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  6. 1.8 20 km (13 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  7. 1.5 14 km (9 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  8. 2.6 22 km (14 mi) SW of Sumas, WA
  9. 1.7 14 km (9 mi) ESE of Sumas, WA
  10. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) ENE of Sumas, WA
  11. 1.7 16 km (10 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  12. 1.7 16 km (10 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  13. 1.5 22 km (14 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  14. 1.5 22 km (14 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  15. 1.5 18 km (11 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  16. 1.5 19 km (12 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  17. 1.5 20 km (12 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  18. 2.3 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Sumas, WA · felt by 2
  19. 1.8 22 km (14 mi) ENE of Sumas, WA
  20. 2.0 22 km (14 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  21. 1.7 23 km (14 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  22. 2.1 18 km (11 mi) W of Sumas, WA · felt by 10
  23. 1.6 21 km (13 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  24. 1.5 12 km (7 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  25. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) N of Sumas, WA
  26. 2.5 17 km (10 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA · felt by 1
  27. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) ENE of Sumas, WA · felt by 1
  28. 2.3 12 km (8 mi) WNW of Sumas, WA · felt by 1
  29. 1.6 14 km (9 mi) E of Sumas, WA
  30. 1.5 19 km (12 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  31. 1.6 16 km (10 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  32. 1.5 20 km (13 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  33. 1.5 17 km (10 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  34. 1.5 21 km (13 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  35. 1.8 13 km (8 mi) SE of Sumas, WA
  36. 1.7 21 km (13 mi) ESE of Sumas, WA
  37. 2.0 18 km (11 mi) S of Sumas, WA · felt by 1
  38. 1.7 16 km (10 mi) E of Sumas, WA
  39. 1.5 20 km (13 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  40. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Sumas, WA
  41. 1.7 23 km (15 mi) SW of Sumas, WA
  42. 1.9 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Sumas, WA
  43. 1.5 11 km (7 mi) W of Sumas, WA
  44. 1.7 13 km (8 mi) S of Sumas, WA
  45. 1.5 21 km (13 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  46. 2.1 19 km (12 mi) W of Sumas, WA
  47. 1.7 21 km (13 mi) WNW of Sumas, WA
  48. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) NE of Sumas, WA
  49. 1.5 20 km (12 mi) NNE of Sumas, WA
  50. 1.8 21 km (13 mi) S of Sumas, 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 Sumas time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Sumas are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

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

Estimated shaking in Sumas

The strongest shaking in Sumas from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity II (weak), from the M 2.2 on 23 March 2019, 6 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 Sumas (est.)
M 2.2 6 kmII · Weak
M 2.5 17 kmII · Weak · felt by 1
M 1.5 1 kmII · Weak
M 3.2 28 kmII · Weak · felt by 220
M 2.3 12 kmII · Weak · felt by 1

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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Sumas:

  1. 5.0 4 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 19 km SSE of Sumas

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

Bellingham 31 km

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