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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Edmonds, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Edmonds in the 24 hours to 4:18 am PST (12:18 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 52 km (33 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 Edmonds

This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded in Edmonds, WA, at 11:37 pm PDT on 25 April 2026 (06:37 UTC), 27 km deep.

USGS: 1 km E of Edmonds, Washington

21 km (13 mi) N of Seattle, WA · 6 km (4 mi) N of Shoreline, WA

11:37 pm PDT, Apr 25, 2026 · · 27 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Edmonds Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Kitsap County 29 kmIsland County 45 kmSnohomish County 52 kmKing County 53 kmMason County 80 kmPierce County 86 kmSkagit County 86 kmJefferson County 87 kmSan Juan County 95 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
11:37 pm PDT on 25 April 2026 ()
Where
in Edmonds, WA · earthquakes near Edmonds
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
27 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Kitsap County, 29 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Southern Whidbey Island fault, 1 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 199 days ago

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. 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: Woodway, Esperance, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Shoreline, Meadowdale.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 40,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 37 km E of this epicentre
  2. 5.3 Eastern Olympic Peninsula, Washington · 48 km W of this epicentre
  3. 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 40 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 34 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 3 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 47 km S 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 47.8108, -122.3590. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Kitsap County, WA 29 km (18 mi) SW earthquakes near Kitsap County
Island County, WA 45 km (28 mi) NNW earthquakes near Island County
Snohomish County, WA 52 km (32 mi) ENE earthquakes near Snohomish County
King County, WA 53 km (33 mi) SE earthquakes near King County
Mason County, WA 80 km (49 mi) SW earthquakes near Mason County
Pierce County, WA 86 km (53 mi) S earthquakes near Pierce County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.7 3 km W of Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake, Washington
  2. 1.3 7 km ESE of Bainbridge Island, Washington
  3. 0.2 6 km E of Quilcene, Washington
  4. 1.1 2 km ENE of Tracyton, Washington
  5. 2.0 2 km ENE of Tracyton, Washington
  6. 0.9 3 km N of Enetai, Washington
  7. 2.0 2 km E of Tracyton, Washington
  8. 1.8 2 km E of Tracyton, Washington
  9. 1.0 2 km ENE of Granite Falls, Washington
  10. 0.1 7 km NNE of Brinnon, Washington
  11. 1.4 1 km SW of Everett, Washington
  12. 1.0 3 km E of Bethel, Washington
  13. 1.1 3 km NNW of Fall City, Washington
  14. 1.2 4 km ENE of Mirrormont, Washington
  15. 1.1 5 km SE of Maplewood, 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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