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M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Everett, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Everett in the 24 hours to 11:56 pm PST (07:56 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 75 km (47 mi) SSW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Everett
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 28 km (17 mi) east-southeast of Everett, WA, at 12:39 am PST on 25 February 2021 (08:39 UTC), 13 km deep.
USGS: 5 km NNW of North Sultan, Washington
52 km (32 mi) NE of Seattle, WA · 27 km (17 mi) E of Everett, WA
- When
- 12:39 am PST on 25 February 2021 ()
- Where
- 28 km (17 mi) east-southeast of Everett, WA · earthquakes near Everett
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Snohomish County, 15 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Southern Whidbey Island fault, 16 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 613 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Everett, 28 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: Sultan, Woods Creek, Monroe North, Gold Bar, Monroe, Three Lakes.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 20 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 760,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 540,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 48× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 20 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 11,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 19 km S of this epicentre
- 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 19 km S of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 15 km NW 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 47.9250, -121.8333. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snohomish County, WA | 15 km (10 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| King County, WA | 48 km (30 mi) | S | earthquakes near King County |
| Skagit County, WA | 63 km (39 mi) | N | earthquakes near Skagit County |
| Island County, WA | 67 km (42 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Island County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 69 km (43 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Chelan County, WA | 91 km (56 mi) | E | earthquakes near Chelan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 4 km SE of Swede Heaven, Washington
- 1.7 6 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington
- 1.7 5 km SW of Fall City, Washington
- 1.7 3 km E of Carnation, Washington
- 2.1 7 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
- 1.5 1 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.7 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.6 3 km S of Monroe, Washington
- 1.6 8 km NE of Tanner, Washington
- 2.2 9 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
- 1.7 2 km WSW of Woods Creek, Washington
- 1.8 0 km NNE of Woods Creek, Washington
- 2.8 8 km NW of Verlot, Washington
- 1.5 1 km SSW of Lynnwood, Washington
- 1.7 1 km ENE of Granite Falls, 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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