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M 1.0ml

Earthquake near Everett, WA

No earthquake was likely felt in Everett in the 24 hours to 4:58 pm PST (00:58 UTC). The last one was M 4.2, 75 km (47 mi) SSW, at 2:05 pm PDT on 29 September 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9,329 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Everett

This page: a magnitude 1.0 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) northeast of Everett, WA, at 11:56 pm PST on 8 November 2026 (07:56 UTC), 1.3 km deep.

USGS: 8 km NW of Swede Heaven, Washington

88 km (55 mi) NNE of Seattle, WA · 37 km (23 mi) NE of Marysville, WA

11:56 pm PST, Nov 8, 2026 · · 1.3 km deep · released about 0.99 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Skagit County 18 kmSnohomish County 31 kmWhatcom County 57 kmIsland County 66 kmKing County 93 kmSan Juan County 97 kmKitsap County 98 kmChelan County 103 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
11:56 pm PST on 8 November 2026 ()
Where
48 km (30 mi) northeast of Everett, WA · earthquakes near Everett
Magnitude
M 1.0 (ml)
Depth
1.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Skagit County, 18 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 28 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: Darrington, Arlington Heights, Arlington, Bryant, Granite Falls.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 0.99 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 15,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 970× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.0 about 0.99 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. 5.6 Near Marblemount, Washington · 37 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 5.0 4 km ENE of Machias, Washington · 39 km SSW of this epicentre
  3. 5.0 6 km W of Conway, Washington · 45 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 48.3277, -121.8223. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Skagit County, WA 18 km (11 mi) N earthquakes near Skagit County
Snohomish County, WA 31 km (19 mi) S earthquakes near Snohomish County
Whatcom County, WA 57 km (36 mi) N earthquakes near Whatcom County
Island County, WA 66 km (41 mi) WSW earthquakes near Island County
King County, WA 93 km (58 mi) S earthquakes near King County
San Juan County, WA 97 km (60 mi) WNW earthquakes near San Juan County

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

Aftershocks so far

No further 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.

On USGS

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