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M 0.2md

Earthquake near Eatonville, WA

Yes. A magnitude 0.2 earthquake was recorded 34 km (21 mi) SE of Eatonville, WA, at 5:52 pm PDT on 10 October 2026 (00:52 UTC), 5.3 km deep.

This was on 10 October 2026. The latest near Eatonville: M 2.5 on 16 March 2026.

USGS: 13 km SE of Ashford, Washington

5:52 pm PDT, Oct 10, 2026 · · 5.3 km deep · released about 0.052 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lewis County 35 kmPierce County 47 kmSkamania County 71 kmThurston County 75 kmCowlitz County 77 kmKing County 92 kmYakima County 94 kmClark County 108 kmKittitas County 108 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
5:52 pm PDT on 10 October 2026 ()
Where
34 km (21 mi) SE of Eatonville, WA · earthquakes near Eatonville
Magnitude
M 0.2 (md)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lewis County, 35 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 15 hours 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: Morton.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 0.052 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 290,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 0.2 about 0.052 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.2 23 km S of Morton, Washington · 42 km SW of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 34 km SSE of Morton, Washington · 49 km SSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 23 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 44 km ESE 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 46.6622, -121.9292. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lewis County, WA 35 km (22 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lewis County
Pierce County, WA 47 km (29 mi) NNW earthquakes near Pierce County
Skamania County, WA 71 km (44 mi) S earthquakes near Skamania County
Thurston County, WA 75 km (47 mi) WNW earthquakes near Thurston County
Cowlitz County, WA 77 km (48 mi) SW earthquakes near Cowlitz County
King County, WA 92 km (57 mi) N earthquakes near King 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. 0.5 7 km SE of Mossyrock, Washington
  2. 0.3 7 km NE of Mossyrock, Washington
  3. 1.6 9 km ESE of Carbonado, 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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