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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Everett, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Everett in the 24 hours to 4:30 pm PST (00:30 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 3.0 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) northeast of Everett, WA, at 1:18 pm PDT on 25 June 2022 (20:18 UTC), 6.3 km deep. 52 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 5 km ENE of Oso, Washington

83 km (52 mi) NNE of Seattle, WA · 32 km (20 mi) NE of Marysville, WA

1:18 pm PDT, Jun 25, 2022 · · 6.3 km deep · released about 800 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skagit County 22 kmSnohomish County 28 kmWhatcom County 61 kmIsland County 62 kmKing County 89 kmKitsap County 93 kmSan Juan County 95 kmChelan County 104 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
1:18 pm PDT on 25 June 2022 ()
Where
43 km (27 mi) northeast of Everett, WA · earthquakes near Everett
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
52 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Skagit County, 22 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1531 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 34 km (21 mi) from the epicentre. In Everett, 43 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.

Likely felt in: Darrington 20 km, intensity II · Arlington 22 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 800 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 420,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 19,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 13,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 800 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 280 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.6 Near Marblemount, Washington · 41 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 34 km SSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 6 km W of Conway, Washington · 42 km W 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 48.2942, -121.8635. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Skagit County, WA 22 km (14 mi) N earthquakes near Skagit County
Snohomish County, WA 28 km (17 mi) SSE earthquakes near Snohomish County
Whatcom County, WA 61 km (38 mi) N earthquakes near Whatcom County
Island County, WA 62 km (38 mi) WSW earthquakes near Island County
King County, WA 89 km (56 mi) S earthquakes near King County
Kitsap County, WA 93 km (58 mi) SW earthquakes near Kitsap County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 9 km SW of Concrete, Washington
  2. 1.8 2 km SW of Sedro-Woolley, Washington
  3. 2.7 1 km S of Roosevelt, Washington
  4. 1.5 1 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  5. 1.7 5 km NNE of Oso, Washington
  6. 1.5 3 km SSE of Stanwood, Washington
  7. 1.6 10 km ESE of Hamilton, Washington
  8. 1.6 3 km NNW of Oso, Washington
  9. 1.6 Washington
  10. 3.4 2 km SSE of Stanwood, Washington
  11. 1.6 3 km WNW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  12. 1.6 6 km WSW of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  13. 1.6 2 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
  14. 1.7 15 km NE of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington
  15. 1.9 4 km SW of Big Lake, 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

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