Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Burley, WA
USGS: 5 km W of Burley, Washington
35 km (22 mi) SW of Seattle, WA · 25 km (16 mi) NW of Tacoma, WA
- When
- 7:30 am PDT on 30 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) W of Burley, WA · earthquakes near Burley
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 27 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Kitsap County, 26 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Tacoma fault, 4 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 2 days ago
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) W of Burley, WA, at 7:30 am PDT on 30 September 2026 (14:30 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Wauna, Purdy, Key Center, Canterwood, Rosedale, Allyn.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.1 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 4.2 on 2026-09-29 — about 6,200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.8 The 2001 Nisqually, Washington Earthquake · 29 km S of this epicentre
- 6.7 4 km WNW of Roy, Washington · 45 km S of this epicentre
- 6.7 1 km ENE of Dash Point, Washington · 24 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.1 Puget Sound region, Washington · 4 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.8 Puget Sound area, Washington · 21 km SW 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 47.4098, -122.7008. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitsap County, WA | 26 km (16 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Mason County, WA | 36 km (22 mi) | W | earthquakes near Mason County |
| Thurston County, WA | 54 km (33 mi) | S | earthquakes near Thurston County |
| Pierce County, WA | 57 km (36 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| King County, WA | 66 km (41 mi) | E | earthquakes near King County |
| Jefferson County, WA | 76 km (47 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.0 3 km E of Bethel, Washington
- 1.3 4 km WNW of Wauna, Washington
- 1.1 11 km S of Shelton, 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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