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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Yarrow Point, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Yarrow Point in the 24 hours to 3:57 am PST (11:57 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 47 km (29 mi) SW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Yarrow Point
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) east of Yarrow Point, WA, at 8:00 am PST on 3 January 2026 (16:00 UTC), 29 km deep.
USGS: 2 km E of Yarrow Point, Washington
13 km (8 mi) ENE of Seattle, WA · 6 km (3 mi) SSE of Kirkland, WA
- When
- 8:00 am PST on 3 January 2026 ()
- Where
- 2 km (1 mi) east of Yarrow Point, WA · earthquakes near Yarrow Point
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 29 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- King County, 32 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Seattle fault, 7 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 313 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 Yarrow Point, 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: Clyde Hill, Kirkland, Bellevue, Medina, Redmond, Sammamish.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.6 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 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 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 23,000 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 · 40 km SSW of this epicentre
- 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 26 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 29 km ENE of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 42 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.0 3 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 32 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 47.6477, -122.1865. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County, WA | 32 km (20 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near King County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 35 km (22 mi) | W | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 55 km (34 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| Pierce County, WA | 66 km (41 mi) | S | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| Island County, WA | 67 km (42 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Island County |
| Mason County, WA | 81 km (50 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Mason County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 9 km S of Lake Morton-Berrydale, Washington
- 2.5 11 km E of Carnation, Washington
- 1.8 12 km NNE of Snoqualmie, Washington
- 1.9 5 km WNW of White Center, Washington
- 1.5 4 km ESE of Cathcart, Washington
- 1.6 4 km S of Port Ludlow, Washington
- 1.7 1 km ESE of Tacoma, Washington
- 2.0 2 km NNW of Roosevelt, Washington
- 2.8 4 km W of Wauna, Washington
- 2.1 7 km NE of Fall City, Washington
- 1.8 8 km NE of Fall City, Washington
- 1.6 6 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington
- 1.7 1 km ENE of Clyde Hill, Washington
- 1.6 1 km ENE of Clyde Hill, Washington
- 1.9 5 km NE of Hobart, 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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