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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Seattle, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Seattle in the 24 hours to 9:56 pm PST (05:56 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 1.8 earthquake was recorded 41 km (25 mi) north-northwest of Seattle, WA, at 7:11 pm PST on 25 November 2019 (03:11 UTC), 13 km deep.
USGS: 6 km WSW of Clinton, Washington
39 km (24 mi) N of Seattle, WA · 19 km (12 mi) W of Everett, WA
- When
- 7:11 pm PST on 25 November 2019 ()
- Where
- 41 km (25 mi) north-northwest of Seattle, WA · earthquakes near Seattle
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Island County, 27 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Southern Whidbey Island fault, under 1 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 2543 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 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Seattle, 41 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Freeland, Langley, Hansville, Mukilteo, Tulalip Bay, Picnic Point.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 4.6 on 2019-07-12 — about 14,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 48 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.3 Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Washington · 46 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 33 km E of this epicentre
- 5.0 6 km W of Conway, Washington · 41 km N 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 47.9668, -122.4400. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island County, WA | 27 km (17 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Island County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 40 km (25 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 51 km (32 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| King County, WA | 70 km (43 mi) | SE | earthquakes near King County |
| Skagit County, WA | 75 km (46 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Skagit County |
| San Juan County, WA | 78 km (48 mi) | NW | earthquakes near San Juan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
51 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 2 km WSW of Shoreline, Washington
- 1.6 Puget Sound region, Washington
- 1.8 4 km SSW of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
- 2.5 3 km W of Monroe, Washington
- 1.7 3 km SSW of Roosevelt, Washington
- 2.4 5 km E of Quilcene, Washington
- 1.7 4 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.5 Washington
- 1.7 2 km NNW of Indianola, Washington
- 1.8 2 km S of Keyport, Washington
- 1.6 5 km WSW of Coupeville, Washington
- 1.7 0 km ESE of Enetai, Washington
- 2.5 3 km SW of Woodway, Washington
- 1.6 0 km ESE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.9 6 km ENE of Marrowstone, 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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