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M 2.7ml
Earthquake near Redmond, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Redmond in the 24 hours to 5:27 am PST (13:27 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 54 km (34 mi) SW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Redmond
This page: a magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) east of Redmond, WA, at 12:03 am PDT on 16 June 2024 (07:03 UTC), 15 km deep. 382 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 2 km E of Redmond, Washington
21 km (13 mi) ENE of Seattle, WA · in Redmond, WA
- When
- 12:03 am PDT on 16 June 2024 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) east of Redmond, WA · earthquakes near Redmond
- Magnitude
- M 2.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- 382 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- King County, 28 km SE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Southern Whidbey Island fault, 5 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 261 days ago
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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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Redmond, 3 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: Redmond 3 km, intensity II · Sammamish 4 km, intensity II · City of Sammamish 9 km, intensity II · Kirkland 9 km, intensity II · West Lake Sammamish 11 km, intensity II · Bellevue 11 km, intensity II · Bothell 13 km, intensity II · Mercer Island 15 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 320 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 48,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 34,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.7 about 320 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 710 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.7 1 km ENE of Dash Point, Washington · 46 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 19 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 21 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 37 km N of this epicentre
- 5.0 3 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 38 km SSW 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 47.6745, -122.0880. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County, WA | 28 km (17 mi) | SE | earthquakes near King County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 42 km (26 mi) | W | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 49 km (30 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| Island County, WA | 69 km (43 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Island County |
| Pierce County, WA | 69 km (43 mi) | S | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| Mason County, WA | 89 km (55 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Mason 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.
- 2.1 7 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
- 1.6 1 km NE of Enetai, Washington
- 1.7 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
- 2.3 1 km SW of West Lake Stevens, Washington
- 1.6 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
- 1.6 2 km NE of Granite Falls, Washington
- 1.9 7 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
- 2.8 8 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
- 2.1 7 km ENE of Fall City, Washington
- 3.5 9 km NE of Snoqualmie, Washington
- 1.8 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
- 1.8 7 km ENE of Lake Roesiger, Washington
- 1.7 2 km N of Enetai, Washington
- 1.7 2 km E of Tracyton, Washington
- 1.5 5 km E of Carnation, 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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- 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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