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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Duvall, WA
No earthquake was likely felt in Duvall in the 24 hours to 2:31 pm PST (22:31 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 67 km (42 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 Duvall
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) east-northeast of Duvall, WA, at 8:15 pm PDT on 29 April 2026 (03:15 UTC), 7.3 km deep.
USGS: 8 km ENE of Duvall, Washington
40 km (25 mi) ENE of Seattle, WA · 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Redmond, WA
- When
- 8:15 pm PDT on 29 April 2026 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) east-northeast of Duvall, WA · earthquakes near Duvall
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- King County, 31 km S
- Nearest mapped fault
- Cherry Creek fault, 3 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 197 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Duvall, 9 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: Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Sultan, Monroe, Woods Creek, Carnation, Monroe North.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 32,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 1 km S of this epicentre
- 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 4 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 27 km NNW 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 47.7717, -121.8743. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County, WA | 31 km (20 mi) | S | earthquakes near King County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 33 km (20 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 60 km (37 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Island County, WA | 73 km (46 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Island County |
| Skagit County, WA | 80 km (50 mi) | N | earthquakes near Skagit County |
| Pierce County, WA | 83 km (51 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Pierce 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.
- 1.2 14 km E of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
- 1.3 6 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
- 1.1 7 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
- 2.6 5 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
- 1.4 6 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
- 1.8 6 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
- 1.0 6 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
- 1.3 13 km SE of Verlot, Washington
- 2.6 5 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
- 0.9 4 km ENE of Lake Morton-Berrydale, Washington
- 1.1 4 km NNE of Tanner, Washington
- 0.8 14 km SE of Verlot, Washington
- 1.8 5 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
- 0.9 3 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington
- 0.9 13 km SE 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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