Washington state has seen several recent earthquakes ranging from small tremors near Tacoma and Vashon Island to larger quakes off the west coast. This list of stories illustrates the region's seismic ...

KING COUNTY, Wash. — A second earthquake of at least 2.5 magnitude in 12 hours struck Thursday afternoon in western Washington. The 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded about 4.5 miles northeast of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The USGS is reporting a magnitude 2.6 earthquake near Pe Ell, Wash., around 3:29 p.m. on Friday. Friday’s southwest Washington earthquake comes hours after record-breaking rain ...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake hit Orcas Island early on the morning of Monday, March 2. It was the biggest quake that Washington has seen since 2020, according to U.S. Geological Survey data. It’s the ...

Since Feb. 18, Washington has seen seven earthquakes with a magnitude above 2.5, including the strongest earthquake to hit the state in five years, a magnitude 4.5 that struck Orcas Island early in ...

Reports of a massive explosion in Washington state sent residents in the Pacific Northwest into a state of confusion Monday morning. The US Geological Survey (USGS) sent out an alert just before ...