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M 0.9ml

Earthquake near Graham, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Graham in the 24 hours to 8:41 pm PST (04:41 UTC). The last one was M 1.6, 5 km (3 mi) SE, at 11:47 am PST on 9 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Graham

This page: a magnitude 0.9 earthquake was recorded 49 km (31 mi) southeast of Graham, WA, at 5:18 pm PDT on 29 October 2026 (00:18 UTC), 5.6 km deep.

USGS: 11 km SE of Ashford, Washington

5:18 pm PDT, Oct 29, 2026 · · 5.6 km deep · released about 0.59 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lewis County 39 kmPierce County 44 kmSkamania County 75 kmThurston County 75 kmCowlitz County 82 kmKing County 88 kmYakima County 93 kmKittitas County 104 kmClark County 112 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
5:18 pm PDT on 29 October 2026 ()
Where
49 km (31 mi) southeast of Graham, WA · earthquakes near Graham
Magnitude
M 0.9 (ml)
Depth
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lewis County, 39 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 14 days 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 0.59 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 26,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 18,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 0.9 about 0.59 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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.2 23 km S of Morton, Washington · 47 km SSW of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 23 km ESE of Packwood, Washington · 43 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 46.6993, -121.9027. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lewis County, WA 39 km (24 mi) WSW earthquakes near Lewis County
Pierce County, WA 44 km (27 mi) NNW earthquakes near Pierce County
Skamania County, WA 75 km (47 mi) S earthquakes near Skamania County
Thurston County, WA 75 km (47 mi) WNW earthquakes near Thurston County
Cowlitz County, WA 82 km (51 mi) SW earthquakes near Cowlitz County
King County, WA 88 km (55 mi) N earthquakes near King County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

27 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 0.8 5 km W of Packwood, Washington
  2. 1.0 3 km SSW of Ashford, Washington
  3. 0.2 12 km E of Ashford, Washington
  4. 0.8 3 km SSW of Ashford, Washington
  5. 0.6 17 km NE of Ashford, Washington
  6. 0.7 2 km SSW of Ashford, Washington
  7. 1.6 4 km NNW of Kapowsin, Washington
  8. 1.4 3 km WNW of Packwood, Washington
  9. 1.4 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  10. 1.0 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  11. 1.6 2 km SSW of Ashford, Washington
  12. 1.8 3 km SSW of Ashford, Washington
  13. 0.7 3 km SSW of Ashford, Washington
  14. 0.1 23 km ENE of Ashford, Washington
  15. 0.8 22 km ENE of Ashford, 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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