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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Seattle, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Seattle in the 24 hours to 3:37 pm PST (23:37 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 37 km (23 mi) SW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Seattle
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) west-northwest of Seattle, WA, at 5:58 pm PDT on 26 June 2017 (00:58 UTC), 14 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 7 km NE of Brinnon, Washington
38 km (24 mi) WNW of Seattle, WA · 36 km (23 mi) W of Shoreline, WA
- When
- 5:58 pm PDT on 26 June 2017 ()
- Where
- 40 km (25 mi) west-northwest of Seattle, WA · earthquakes near Seattle
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Kitsap County, 17 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Seattle fault, 13 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3421 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Seattle, 40 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Bangor Trident Base, Seabeck, Poulsbo, Silverdale, Lofall, Chico.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2017-02-23 — about 1,300 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.1 Puget Sound region, Washington · 37 km S of this epicentre
- 5.3 Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Washington · 15 km WNW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 47.7325, -122.8300. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsap County, WA | 17 km (11 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Island County, WA | 49 km (30 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Island County |
| Mason County, WA | 50 km (31 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Mason County |
| Jefferson County, WA | 53 km (33 mi) | W | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| King County, WA | 79 km (49 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near King County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 87 km (54 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 4 km SSE of Vashon, Washington
- 1.9 5 km NW of Freeland, Washington
- 1.7 3 km SSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
- 1.6 2 km WNW of Navy Yard City, Washington
- 1.6 2 km WNW of Navy Yard City, Washington
- 1.9 1 km NE of Suquamish, Washington
- 1.6 2 km E of Enetai, Washington
- 2.7 5 km W of Gorst, Washington
- 1.5 3 km ENE of Enetai, Washington
- 1.9 0 km SSE of Enetai, Washington
- 1.6 3 km NW of Burley, Washington
- 1.6 19 km WSW of Brinnon, Washington
- 1.5 3 km SSE of Quilcene, Washington
- 1.7 1 km NNE of Lynnwood, Washington
- 2.3 10 km NE of Union, Washington
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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