Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Gold Bar, WA
Yes. A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) E of Gold Bar, WA, at 3:34 pm PDT on 10 October 2026 (22:34 UTC), 10 km deep.
This was on 10 October 2026. The latest near Gold Bar: M 2.5 on 26 June 2026.
USGS: 0 km NE of May Creek, Washington
58 km (36 mi) ENE of Seattle, WA · 40 km (25 mi) ENE of Redmond, WA
- When
- 3:34 pm PDT on 10 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) E of Gold Bar, WA · earthquakes near Gold Bar
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 10 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Snohomish County, 23 km NNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Cherry Creek fault, 21 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 3 days ago
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 Gold Bar, 3 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: Sultan, Woods Creek, Monroe, Monroe North, Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Duvall.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 12 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 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 19,000 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 · 20 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 18 km SW of this epicentre
- 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 30 km WNW 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 47.8593, -121.6565. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snohomish County, WA | 23 km (14 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| King County, WA | 43 km (27 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near King County |
| Skagit County, WA | 71 km (44 mi) | N | earthquakes near Skagit County |
| Chelan County, WA | 77 km (48 mi) | E | earthquakes near Chelan County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 78 km (49 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Island County, WA | 82 km (51 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Island County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.1 4 km NNE of Tanner, Washington
- 0.8 14 km SE of Verlot, 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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| location | 1 km ENE of May Creek, Washington | 0 km NE of May Creek, Washington | |
| longitude | -121.65 | -121.66 | |
| latitude | 47.86 | 47.86 | |
| depth | 6.24 | 10.04 | |
| magnitude | 1.75 | 1.73 |
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.