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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near North Bend, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in North Bend in the 24 hours to 3:49 pm PST (23:49 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 9 km (6 mi) SSW, at 6:09 pm PDT on 14 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 46 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near North Bend
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) north of North Bend, WA, at 5:30 pm PST on 26 December 2020 (01:30 UTC), 22 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 2 km N of North Bend, Washington
44 km (27 mi) ESE of Seattle, WA · 20 km (13 mi) ESE of Sammamish, WA
- When
- 5:30 pm PST on 26 December 2020 ()
- Where
- 2 km (1 mi) north of North Bend, WA · earthquakes near North Bend
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 22 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- King County, 4 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Rattlesnake Mountain fault, 2 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 2043 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In North Bend, 2 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: Snoqualmie, Tanner, Riverbend, Wilderness Rim, Fall City, Mirrormont.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 29 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 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 7,700 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 · 28 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 26 km N of this epicentre
- 5.0 3 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 45 km WSW 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 47.5153, -121.7915. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County, WA | 4 km (3 mi) | SW | earthquakes near King County |
| Pierce County, WA | 58 km (36 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 60 km (37 mi) | N | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 66 km (41 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Kittitas County, WA | 95 km (59 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Kittitas County |
| Chelan County, WA | 96 km (60 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Chelan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 1 km ESE of Issaquah, Washington
- 1.5 11 km ESE of Enumclaw, Washington
- 2.3 0 km SSW of Boulevard Park, Washington
- 2.2 1 km NNE of Carnation, Washington
- 1.8 12 km W of Greenwater, Washington
- 1.5 1 km N of Boulevard Park, Washington
- 1.9 2 km SE of Ravensdale, Washington
- 1.7 1 km WNW of Bonney Lake, Washington
- 1.7 1 km NNE of Woods Creek, Washington
- 1.6 0 km N of Boulevard Park, Washington
- 2.8 0 km S of Boulevard Park, Washington
- 2.1 0 km SSW of Boulevard Park, Washington
- 2.2 2 km SSE of Carnation, Washington
- 1.6 0 km WSW of Boulevard Park, Washington
- 1.9 13 km S of May Creek, 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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