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M 2.2ml

Earthquake near Duvall, WA

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Duvall in the last 24 hours. M 2.0, 11 km (7 mi) SE of Duvall, at 8:48 am PST on 11 November 2026 (16:48 UTC); the estimated shaking in Duvall was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Duvall

This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) south of Duvall, WA, at 6:58 pm PST on 17 January 2021 (02:58 UTC), 1.1 km deep. 32 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 3 km S of Duvall, Washington

29 km (18 mi) ENE of Seattle, WA · 10 km (6 mi) ENE of Redmond, WA

6:58 pm PST, Jan 17, 2021 · · 1.1 km deep · released about 52 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N King County 27 kmSnohomish County 42 kmKitsap County 50 kmIsland County 71 kmPierce County 74 kmSkagit County 88 kmMason County 98 kmChelan County 104 kmThurston County 107 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
6:58 pm PST on 17 January 2021 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) south of Duvall, WA · earthquakes near Duvall
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
1.1 km below the surface
Felt
32 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
King County, 27 km SSE
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 2056 days ago

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 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Duvall, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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.

Likely felt in: Sammamish 10 km, intensity II · Redmond 11 km, intensity II · City of Sammamish 12 km, intensity II · Monroe 16 km, intensity II · Kirkland 17 km, intensity II · West Lake Sammamish 17 km, intensity II · Bothell 17 km, intensity II · Fall City 18 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 52 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 290,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 52 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 4,300 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 10 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 13 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 32 km N of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 3 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 46 km SW 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 47.7115, -121.9877. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
King County, WA 27 km (17 mi) SSE earthquakes near King County
Snohomish County, WA 42 km (26 mi) NNE earthquakes near Snohomish County
Kitsap County, WA 50 km (31 mi) W earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 71 km (44 mi) NW earthquakes near Island County
Pierce County, WA 74 km (46 mi) S earthquakes near Pierce County
Skagit County, WA 88 km (55 mi) N earthquakes near Skagit County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.8 1 km SW of Snoqualmie, Washington
  2. 1.7 2 km E of Lake Stevens, Washington
  3. 1.6 1 km ESE of Issaquah, Washington
  4. 1.6 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  5. 1.5 1 km ENE of Bainbridge Island, Washington
  6. 1.9 2 km NNE of Esperance, Washington
  7. 2.3 0 km SSW of Boulevard Park, Washington
  8. 2.2 1 km NNE of Carnation, Washington
  9. 1.5 1 km N of Boulevard Park, Washington
  10. 1.7 3 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  11. 1.9 2 km SE of Ravensdale, Washington
  12. 1.7 6 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington
  13. 1.7 1 km NNE of Woods Creek, Washington
  14. 1.6 0 km N of Boulevard Park, Washington
  15. 2.8 0 km S of Boulevard Park, 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.

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