A 2.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Western Washington awake Thursday, Aug. 21, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The ...

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake hit Snohomish County just after 1 a.m., shaking areas from Sedro-Woolley to Oak Harbor.

Over 1,000 earthquakes occur in Washington each year, and in the last 125 years, the state has experienced at least 20 damaging earthquakes, according to the state’s Emergency Management Division.

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Neah Bay Monday evening. According to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, ...

The US Geological Survey has said that one of the most feared volcanos in the US has been shaking for three weeks and they don't know why it hasn't stopped.

On April 13, 1949, at 11:55 am, Tacoma was hit by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake. Bob Anderle (far right) looks down at the broken gable and the facing bricks that fell from one of the dormer windows ...

4.5 magnitude earthquake wakes up residents around western Washington This earthquake is larger than much of the recent seismic activity around western Washington, according to initial reports.

USGS said the system does not predict earthquakes, but instead detects ground movement after an earthquake has already begun. The system currently covers California, Oregon, and Washington state.

Seattle’s unreinforced brick buildings are a disaster waiting to happen — and the cash to fix them isn’t there.

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck about six miles east of Orcas Island, Washington, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey) ...

Did you feel it? A 3.6-magnitude quake struck Monday evening about 18 kilometres southeast of Port Renfrew and 69 kilometres ...

Before the two earthquakes late this year, the last time Washington state had a 4.0 magnitude earthquake was in 2019 when a 4.6 earthquake hit near Monroe, The Seattle Times noted in its coverage.