Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Wilderness Rim, WA
Yes. A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) SW of Wilderness Rim, WA, at 6:09 pm PDT on 14 October 2026 (01:09 UTC), 20 km deep. 39 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 5 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington
45 km (28 mi) ESE of Seattle, WA · 25 km (16 mi) SE of Sammamish, WA
- When
- 6:09 pm PDT on 14 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) SW of Wilderness Rim, WA · earthquakes near Wilderness Rim
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 20 km below the surface
- Felt
- 39 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- King County, 8 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Rattlesnake Mountain fault, under 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 15 hours ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 15 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Wilderness Rim, 5 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.
Likely felt in: Wilderness Rim 5 km, intensity II · Snoqualmie 12 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 280 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 53,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 38,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.3× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 280 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 4 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.7 1 km ENE of Dash Point, Washington · 45 km WSW of this epicentre
- 5.4 8 km NNE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 38 km N of this epicentre
- 5.2 9 km NE of Lake Marcel-Stillwater, Washington · 37 km N of this epicentre
- 5.0 3 km WSW of Des Moines, Washington · 41 km W 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 47.4208, -121.8237. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County, WA | 8 km (5 mi) | N | earthquakes near King County |
| Pierce County, WA | 48 km (30 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Pierce County |
| Kitsap County, WA | 67 km (41 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Kitsap County |
| Snohomish County, WA | 71 km (44 mi) | N | earthquakes near Snohomish County |
| Kittitas County, WA | 93 km (58 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Kittitas County |
| Thurston County, WA | 93 km (58 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Thurston County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
2 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| felt reports | 38 | 39 | |
| felt reports | 37 | 38 | |
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| location | 7 km WSW of Wilderness Rim, Washington | 5 km SW of Wilderness Rim, Washington | |
| longitude | -121.86 | -121.82 | |
| latitude | 47.42 | 47.42 | |
| depth | 16.94 | 19.53 | |
| magnitude | 2.72 | 2.65 | |
| felt reports | 36 | 37 | |
| felt reports | 35 | 36 | |
| felt reports | 33 | 35 | |
| reported intensity | 2.8 | 2.7 |
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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