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M 2.1ml
Earthquake near Issaquah, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Issaquah in the 24 hours to 12:36 am PST (08:36 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 54 km (33 mi) WSW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Issaquah
This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) south-southeast of Issaquah, WA, at 2:38 pm PST on 17 November 2024 (22:38 UTC), 6.8 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 3 km SSE of Issaquah, Washington
28 km (18 mi) ESE of Seattle, WA · 11 km (7 mi) S of Sammamish, WA
- When
- 2:38 pm PST on 17 November 2024 ()
- Where
- 4 km (2 mi) south-southeast of Issaquah, WA · earthquakes near Issaquah
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- King County, 14 km E
- Nearest mapped fault
- Seattle 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 656 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 16 km (10 mi) from the epicentre. In Issaquah, 4 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: Issaquah 4 km, intensity II · West Lake Sammamish 11 km, intensity II · Maple Valley 12 km, intensity II · City of Sammamish 12 km, intensity II · Fall City 13 km, intensity II · Renton 15 km, intensity II · East Hill-Meridian 15 km, intensity II · Snoqualmie 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 47 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 4,700 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.7 1 km ENE of Dash Point, Washington · 35 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 31 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 32 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.0 3 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 29 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 47.4978, -122.0220. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County, WA | 14 km (9 mi) | E | earthquakes near King County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 50 km (31 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Pierce County, WA | 51 km (31 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 65 km (40 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| Thurston County, WA | 87 km (54 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Thurston County |
| Island County, WA | 88 km (55 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Island County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 7 km S of Woods Creek, Washington
- 1.7 2 km NE of Echo Lake, Washington
- 1.7 3 km NNE of Dash Point, Washington
- 2.8 4 km N of Echo Lake, Washington
- 1.6 1 km NNW of Boulevard Park, Washington
- 2.1 0 km NNW of Esperance, Washington
- 1.8 1 km NNW of Maple Valley, Washington
- 1.6 1 km SW of Burien, Washington
- 1.8 8 km ESE of Carbonado, Washington
- 1.8 8 km NE of Fall City, Washington
- 2.4 10 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
- 1.7 9 km ENE of Snoqualmie, Washington
- 1.5 4 km ESE of Indianola, Washington
- 1.7 13 km W of Greenwater, Washington
- 2.4 2 km N of City of Sammamish, 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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