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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Everett, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Everett in the 24 hours to 4:57 am PST (12:57 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 44 km (28 mi) northeast of Everett, WA, at 4:06 am PDT on 26 October 2022 (11:06 UTC), 8.3 km deep.
USGS: Washington
83 km (52 mi) NNE of Seattle, WA · 34 km (21 mi) NE of Marysville, WA
- When
- 4:06 am PDT on 26 October 2022 ()
- Where
- 44 km (28 mi) northeast of Everett, WA · earthquakes near Everett
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Snohomish County, 23 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1478 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Everett, 44 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: Darrington, Arlington Heights, Granite Falls, Arlington, Bryant, Sisco Heights.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 10 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 92× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 10 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 22,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.6 Near Marblemount, Washington · 39 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 33 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.0 6 km W of Conway, Washington · 49 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 48.2622, -121.7805. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snohomish County, WA | 23 km (14 mi) | S | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| Skagit County, WA | 26 km (16 mi) | N | earthquakes near Skagit County |
| Whatcom County, WA | 65 km (40 mi) | N | earthquakes near Whatcom County |
| Island County, WA | 67 km (42 mi) | W | earthquakes near Island County |
| King County, WA | 86 km (53 mi) | S | earthquakes near King County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 95 km (59 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.
- 1.5 1 km ESE of Three Lakes, Washington
- 1.7 3 km N of Woods Creek, Washington
- 1.7 4 km E of Lake Bosworth, Washington
- 1.6 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 2.6 15 km NNE of Lyman, Washington
- 1.9 3 km SSE of Woods Creek, Washington
- 1.6 4 km N of Woods Creek, Washington
- 1.8 9 km NNE of Rockport, Washington
- 1.7 1 km ESE of Oso, Washington
- 1.5 3 km E of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.9 14 km ESE of Acme, Washington
- 1.8 14 km NNE of Lyman, Washington
- 1.6 2 km S of Sultan, Washington
- 1.5 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.6 13 km ENE of Verlot, 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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