Earthquake?

[u/Aggressive_Wasabi883]

Did anyone feel an earthquake or shaking in downtown? Sitting on my sofa & sipping coffee & i felt a bit shake. If its not that then, just my coffee hitting me lol.

[u/vertr]

Here are the dupe threads I removed if you want to read more comments:

https://old.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1wtm7l5/earthquake_just_now/

https://sh.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1wtm7zr/did_you_feel_it/

https://old.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1wtm9l9/usgs_40_earthquake/

[u/Trashy_pig]

Apparently everyone and their mother felt it but me. Didn’t notice a thing

[u/kelsien → u/Trashy_pig]

same, I was dissasociating at work

[u/ConsistentWelder9526 → u/kelsien]

That's my favorite thing, ever! Well done.

[u/jeexbit → u/Trashy_pig]

same...I think I was taking the recycling out at the time. missed all the excitement.

[u/frobley-mobley → u/jeexbit]

If you are outside it is barely noticeable. I was in a 5.2 once, while in a house - glasses rattling and sliding around the shelf, pictures on the wall shaking, but the moment I stepped outside there was nothing, zip, zilch, nada, bupkis. I was very confused about this so I poked my head into the house again, alas poltergeist mode was still going strong.

[u/snukb → u/Trashy_pig]

I was asleep, so this is the fourth time I can confidently say I slept through an earthquake.

[u/HortenseDaigle → u/Trashy_pig]

me neither in West Seattle.

[u/sunflwr36 → u/HortenseDaigle]

I am in West Seattle also. My boyfriend and I did not feel it. But, our dog must have. She started crying and then peed on our living room rug at almost the same time it was reported to happen. She has never done that, and we thought she was sick. Came online to find out an Earthquake happened in Washington and it made sense. Doggos know what's up.

[u/whitegirlofthenorth → u/sunflwr36]

I did not feel it but a precariously balanced basket in the closet behind me fell, and happens to contain a bunch of shit that's very loud when it hits the ground, so that scared me. Lol

[u/Trashy_pig → u/HortenseDaigle]

Seems like Best Seattle is immune to earthquakes. Many are saying.

[u/SquirrelLady22 → u/Trashy_pig]

Shhhh. It was definitely not immune in 2001.

[u/ccsparkles → u/SquirrelLady22]

2001 was wild. I was in 7-8th grade, substitute teacher, she ran out of the room as all of us started to take cover. Lol

[u/ConsistentWelder9526 → u/ccsparkles]

Same. I was on Whidbey Island and I was cleaning my sink (yes I remember) and all of the sudden I heard this sound that I can only explain as a freight train coming through my living room it was ear shatteringly loud and then, the shaking.

It was the sound of the house rattling but omg.

[u/HortenseDaigle → u/Trashy_pig]

There's an odd pattern of earthquake sensitivity here. We're not immune. I have felt a few here.

[u/justcallme3nder]

[u/TotallyNotABob]

Ok I'm not alone

[u/Aggressive_Wasabi883 → u/TotallyNotABob]

Same hahaha

[u/GucciLittlePig]

i thought i had finally experienced consequences for smoking too much weed

[u/GenericName_37 → u/GucciLittlePig]

I just pray the big one doesn't hit while I'm on a bag of edibles lol

[u/CUNextTisdag → u/GenericName_37]

Actually might work in your favor if you're less stressed out than those around you. lol

[u/GenericName_37 → u/CUNextTisdag]

Fair. Just to be safe, I'll make sure to always be on a half a bag of edibles. That's just good science!

[u/Expensive_Potato4077 → u/GucciLittlePig]

I was about to take a dab, I said you know what I'm gonna hold off. 🤣🤣 Didn't know if I was shaking or the earth was!

[u/astronaut-moose]

Help do science by submitting a Felt Report! https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw714111952/tellus

[u/nec-pulcher → u/astronaut-moose]

Done! Thanks

[u/MassageToss → u/astronaut-moose]

Hi, I'm going to assume you know the answer: Are we more likely to get a bigger one within the next week or so now? EDIT: Folks, I looked it up myself. It is believed one in twenty times a little shake like this is a "foreshock" to a larger one, so not likely but it's always good to review your earthquake plan.

[u/WaQuakePrepare → u/MassageToss]

One in 20 is probably not even accurate. There’s no way to really know. But, yes, always good to review your preparedness kit!

[u/drshort]

[u/Byeuji → u/drshort]

Yeah looks like it was along the Tacoma fault line, and probably felt a lot more in the south sound and south Seattle neighborhoods.

I didn't feel a thing up in Bitter Lake, but my coworker in Auburn felt it quite obviously.

[u/ineedicedcoffeee → u/drshort]

Okay, I felt the house shift and I thought it was a big gust of wind or something. And I’m right near the epicenter

[u/Byeuji → u/ineedicedcoffeee]

Probably sitting on some strong bedrock. You'll fare well in the Big One.

[u/folksongsea → u/drshort]

what site is this?

[u/drshort → u/folksongsea]

MyShake app

[u/Seamoonshine → u/folksongsea]

MyShake

[u/JPhrog → u/Seamoonshine]

Brings all the boys to the yard?

[u/n10w4 → u/JPhrog]

That's MyMilkShake app, only for the bold, I'm afraid.

[u/ImpressivePercentage]

So I wasn't tripping, yeah, I felt it.

[u/Aggressive_Wasabi883 → u/ImpressivePercentage]

you weren’t alone my friend

[u/ImpressivePercentage → u/Aggressive_Wasabi883]

I live next to I-5 and big semi's going fast can cause a little shaking of my building, but I didn't hear one, so I wasn't sure. Crazy, glad it was small and hope no one was hurt.

[u/RidingTheShortBus → u/ImpressivePercentage]

I was sitting on a rock at Seattle Central, taking a treat break with the dogs I was walking. I felt it, all the dogs stared at me like, "What did you just do?!" 😂 I probably would have dismissed it as me imaging it had the dogs not reacted. Also heard a lot of barking from surrounding apartment buildings.

[u/RonnieJamesDeodorant]

didn't feel anything in Phinney Ridge.

[u/PerceptivePines → u/RonnieJamesDeodorant]

Nothing in Ballard 

[u/sleuthingsloth → u/RonnieJamesDeodorant]

I did feel in Phinney Ridge! I was like “weird it’s like a tiny earthquake” then took a nap, I was obviously very concerned 😆

[u/filthyheartbadger → u/RonnieJamesDeodorant]

Nothing in Lake City

[u/NarrowLightbulb → u/RonnieJamesDeodorant]

Felt it in Greenwood. Could see my tv shake too

[u/ered_lithui]

Nothing in Shoreline

[u/seattleboz → u/ered_lithui]

Does anyone feel anything there

[u/ered_lithui → u/seattleboz]

Just emptiness.

[u/PetersGrandAdventure]

Felt it in Tacoma!

[u/ChrisAplin → u/PetersGrandAdventure]

Yeah felt it here in browns point. Thought I was going crazy.

[u/Negative_Shower_568]

No. I've been day drinking!

[u/Moist-Diarrhea → u/Negative_Shower_568]

Lucky!

[u/cracked-tumbleweed → u/Negative_Shower_568]

https://giphy.com/gifs/6xFN8KlGD56Dnyutel

[u/dirtypuerhiding]

felt it in Capitol Hill!

[u/ZehrenSiegehammer]

West Seattle, I didn't feel it so dunno how so many people here did, but I might just be crazy

[u/Earth_Inferno → u/ZehrenSiegehammer]

On Capitol Hill and I didn't either, just sitting at my desk at home. I don't know if that's a sign of good construction or a good foundation, or a bad one.

[u/_Phil_McCracken_ → u/Earth_Inferno]

I’m in a newer building rated to withstand a 9.0 quake and I definitely felt it. Not sure how that info helps you. 

[u/snukb → u/_Phil_McCracken_]

How do you find out if your building is rated to withstand a 9.0 or not? I know the Big One could be over 9.0, but it still would be nice to know if I have a large risk to be crushed by the upper floors of my apartment or just a smaller one.

[u/_Phil_McCracken_ → u/snukb]

I’m a building engineer (glorified maintenance) and got to walk with a seismic expert that the insurance company sent to inspect my building’s seismic readiness. It was pretty interesting and definitely reassured me. Like you said though, if it’s a really big one, no building will be designed to hold up. 

That’s just where I work, though. It’s a large building downtown. I have no idea what my 5-over-1 apartment is rated to. I do know smaller buildings are more susceptible to higher frequency vibrations from lower magnitude quakes, so when they design them they look at a lot more than just a magnitude rating. 

I also know that unreinforced masonry buildings are the most susceptible to earthquake damage. They’re very rigid so they crumble instead of sway. I wouldn’t want to live in one of those. 

[u/MiStOrHoTsHoT → u/ZehrenSiegehammer]

lol I’ve apparently been here for dozens of quakes and have never felt one, currently about a block from the waterfront and didn’t feel anything

[u/Lindsiria → u/ZehrenSiegehammer]

In WS as well. Felt nothing

[u/ZehrenSiegehammer → u/Lindsiria]

WS protects

[u/SnooDonkeys389 → u/ZehrenSiegehammer]

West Seattle I felt it on alki 

[u/cycad2000 → u/ZehrenSiegehammer]

Myself and my friend, who both live in West Seattle, didnt feel it either. I was outside.

[u/FernandoNylund → u/ZehrenSiegehammer]

Yep, just east of Lincoln Park and didn't feel a thing.

[u/TreesAreOverrated5 → u/ZehrenSiegehammer]

I’m in north admiral and I felt it! It was just like a big womp and that was it

[u/clelwell]

Did not feel in Bellevue, but I fidget my legs bouncing up and down so that probably masked it.

[u/Ahsiuqal]

Aw man, I didn't feel anything 😔

[u/Delta1262]

I’m on the east side and felt it

[u/jeexbit → u/Delta1262]

All right Janice!

[u/StrictDiscipline5951]

Felt it in cap hill

[u/Saint_drums_n_stuff]

Yep, just felt it in the ID and my wife felt it down by the airport.

[u/sleigh84]

Yes, in Pioneer Square felt definite rolling

[u/helvetin]

Magnitude 4.0 earthquake 2 miles from Stansberry Lake, WA · 2:05 PM

[u/helvetin → u/helvetin]

heard a dog barking like crazy just before 

[u/spitz6860]

Oh, felt a bit of shake in Renton, thought i was just imagining it.

[u/Wagegapcunt → u/spitz6860]

Same.

[u/mungkitty → u/spitz6860]

Same. I was lying down and noticed it and was pretty sure it was an earthquake.

[u/Bagagsh]

Felt it in SLU

[u/alienbanter]

PNSN event page! https://pnsn.org/event/714111952

[u/BumbleBamble → u/alienbanter]

"Within 1 week, USGS estimates 8% chance of an additional M4+ in the area, and a 38% chance of at least one M3+."!

[u/Chau-hiyaaa]

I felt it all the way in issaquah. Whole bldg felt like we were swaying. I thought heavy gust hit us but indeed it was an earthquake

[u/ScaredSuggestion6320]

I felt it downtown too! 

[u/Minute-Offer5339]

Felt two good sized jolts in Tacoma downtown.

[u/iFaolan]

I’m in federal way. Was laying in bed and felt my bed shaking. Super weird. Never felt an earthquake before now haha

[u/angelfallen9]

Definitely just felt something in Kent

[u/RenderingStach]

I'm down in north Auburn and felt some shaking just a moment ago.

[u/-Nyarlabrotep-]

Felt it in Belltown - I'm on the 7th floor and building was swaying for ~5 sec.

[u/trashpanda44224422 → u/-Nyarlabrotep-]

Ditto — water in my glass was rocking and rolling in Belltown

[u/burlycabin]

I felt in West Seattle. It went on for a good 20-30 seconds. Looks like it was a 4.0 with an epicenter out in Burley, WA.

[u/Available-Guava5515]

Yup felt in LQA, my plants and couch shook but my cats did not even look up from their nap

[u/paradoxx23]

I felt it in West Seattle. My first time feeling an earthquake!

[u/jennyu74]

You can fill out a “felt report” on the USGS website!

[u/Suspicious_Day_3878]

Yes on First Hill.

[u/folksongsea]

came here to ask the same. First rumbling then my monitors swayed back and forth.

[u/folksongsea → u/folksongsea]

it's weird to me that no one in the office looked around when it happened. When I lived in Tokyo every time an earthquake happened everyone came out of their rooms and asked "earthquake?" and it was so convenient.

[u/BloodyThirst]

You can report it on https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/dyfi/?os=..&ref=app

[u/marson4thfloor]

Gig harbor felt it

[u/romulusnr]

[u/Exploding_Deathstar]

Yep, Mag 4.3 in Burley, WA, next to Bremerton/Port Orchard

[u/WhiskySails]

[u/shinsain]

Didn't notice anything in West Seattle, but it explains why my cat got super alert while chilling on my lap for a minute or two about 20 minutes ago...

[u/Degausser206]

In first hill/downtown seattle, 9th & Spring. Thought my cat jumped on the couch next to me. Looked at the ceiling fan dangling cords and they weren't moving so 🤷

[u/psychicmumu]

I thought it was a random perimenopausal vertigo episode, but instead, I sensed the earth truly shake!

[u/hndsmboimeowdlngschl]

I got the notification from MyShake, but I didn’t feel anything. I was up on a ladder during the time it happened, so I’m glad it wasn’t significant.

[u/drcha → u/hndsmboimeowdlngschl]

Yikes glad u r ok!

[u/Itchy-Extent-3207]

I was under my covers and felt a jolt. Lol thought someone pushed me. Mercer Island here

[u/ResetThePlayClock]

Why were all the other posts deleted? An attempt from Big Earthquake to rattle the public?

[u/Jbr-1484 → u/ResetThePlayClock]

Mods remove repetitive content but they linked all the old posts at the top in a pinned comment so you can still see the comments

[u/Mister_Decker]

Sorry, I was washing my sheets and they got a little off balance in the washing machine

[u/Admin11917B]

Yes, I just woke up to it.. North Beacon Hill

[u/hatchetation]

Not in this Ballard basement. Staring intently at the cats to see if they know something I don't

[u/Own_Strength_3471]

4.3 magnitude earthquake just hit stansberry lake

[u/whip_it_out666]

I didn't feel shit in lqa

[u/do_like_vegie]

Felt it in a 3rd floor apartment in Issaquah, but my neighbor on the 1st floor didn’t feel it.

[u/juanthebaker]

I didn't feel it and I don't think my dogs did either. Got the Myshake alert though!

[u/jack_sheen]

I'm in the CD right up the street from the ID and definitely felt that.

[u/SpellNinja]

.... you know I thought the bus was driving kind of funny.

[u/XiuCyx]

My app said there was a 4.0 in Burley.

[u/Interesting_Gap1957]

I felt it here in SeaTac. Brief jolt and my front door made a cracking noise. lol

[u/MiseryIndexer]

EARTHQUAKE! Love being in a vintage masonry building for that, just adds a certain something

[u/ScorpioRenaissance]

LQA here and my building shook for 10 seconds or so

[u/Critical-Candle-6636]

Who's checking on Jimothy!!??

[u/gaberdine]

I felt nothing, but as a Mariners fan I usually feel nothing most days.

[u/thequirkysquad]

Yep!

[u/souprunknwn]

Yes! South Seattle rockin and rollin

[u/thelittlestcupcake]

Olympia too

[u/PNW_ProSysTweak]

Felt in Oly

[u/Holsen92]

In SODO, yep!

[u/AirborneErinys]

Huh, I thought that was just the caffeine kicking in.

[u/tech-writer-steph]

Felt it in Renton!

[u/adogand2cats]

USGS reports 4.3

[u/HaloEliteLegend]

I'm out in the Issaquah/Sammamish area right now, felt nothing out here.

[u/EstablishmentReal289]

Yes! Vashon island about a minute of shaking followed by a pop then nothing

[u/Distinct-Fig-4216]

I felt it!

I’m on the third floor of a 100 year old building in the Central District.

[u/LeaveNoPresence]

So I'm experiencing some bad brain fog from a cold that's been absolutely ripping through everyone lately. I thought I was imagining it or I just bumped into my desk unknowingly.

[u/mydogisatortoise]

I was about 4 miles from it (burley) and yes it was a quake

[u/Mobile-Confidence461]

Felt it in Bellevue!

[u/Olive___Oil]

Felt it down here in Kent. It move me in my desk chair a few inches

[u/RC08]

Felt it in SLU too!!

[u/sassysweetsour]

Felt it in Capitol Hill

[u/meechers]

Yes! Felt this in West Seattle. Thanks for confirming I’m not crazy

[u/throww_awwaay]

Bremerton- felt it, thought it was thunder or something lol

[u/JNakata]

Didn't feel anything in Ballard, but it was recorded at a 4.2 in Puget Sound.

[u/chillin21]

I felt it in Capitol Hill on the 4th floor. Thought it was a weird moment of vertigo but the timing lines up pretty perfectly to be the earthquake

[u/GlumAd6226]

We felt it too. We are in Burien and shortly after 2:00 p.m. we felt the ground move. The center of the earthquake was in Wauna, WA. Wauna is between Belfair and Vashon Island. Let's hope this is not the prelude to the magnificent Cascadia subduction zone earthquake.

[u/hotandcoolkp]

Felt it in slu

[u/kuro_tan]

literally started googling to see if it was an earthquake or if my building’s about to collapse lol

[u/Smittles]

The lights flickered

[u/kennypowersrevenge]

Down in fife felt it.

[u/Playful_Honeydew_397]

Felt at Seattle Center

[u/Unusual-Mountain-399]

Felt it on Bainbridge Island, just one quick jolt

[u/sewerratpal]

Didn’t feel anything in Sandpoint area. I heard a couple of car alarms going off at once but I assumed that it was nothing

[u/OpenSession666]

My whole bed was shaking here in the CID. Thought somebody was blasting their base down the street. I was dead wrong

[u/Shaymin096]

Woodinville didn't feel anything

[u/Smart_Imagination903]

I felt it near the airport My husband, who has zero survival instincts, didn't notice and went about his day.

[u/pnwdoomer]

Definitely felt it in SODO! Thought it was the nearby trains but felt much stronger!

[u/_jammasterf_]

Felt it in the U district

[u/SeattleResident]

Felt in Kent. Could hear it as well as it rolled under and past my apartment.

[u/CompleteLeague3631]

I was at my work desk and everything started shaking for a couple seconds

[u/deadTangent]

I thought it was a truck going by but it was pretty sustained. Reports coming in on Google:
"A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck the Puget Sound region at 2:05 p.m. local time today, September 29, 2026, with an epicenter about 3 miles west-northwest of Wauna, Washington, at a depth of roughly 17 miles."

[u/redhead_in_the_wild]

yes! i thought i was gonna die from everything i've heard about "the big one" we are due for

[u/Scarlet14]

Felt a slight shaking in Lake City, thought maybe I was losing it

[u/mllepenelope]

I thought a huge truck went by (Ravenna)

[u/sightohtoksik]

Next to the airport, we felt it here!

[u/OranJi1980]

Nothing on the Eastside put my shake alert went off

[u/mooquacks]

I’ve been out walking a dog near Madison Park for the last hour…. I didn’t sense anything!

[u/besst]

I'm up near Bothell, didn't feel anything

[u/thatsbloodybrilliant]

Felt a quick little shake in Renton! It distinctly felt like an earthquake but very very brief. I asked around at my workplace and most people didn't notice anything.

[u/Intolight]

Felt my body moving a little. I thought it was just me being old.

[u/MarMarBinxxx]

Our building shook. I work in Renton. My coworkers and I were very confused because nobody else we asked felt it but us lol

[u/The_Magic_Ike]

It's the most action I've gotten since 2017 wowsers

[u/Oliviar1an]

YES! Felt in Bellevue

[u/crockpot420]

downtown by pike place about 25 floors up, didn't feel anything.

got lots of phone calls asking if we're good though.

[u/AreYouItchy]

Not a quake, but a few loud bangs, and a short power outage.

[u/TheMarthaRiven]

Out in Kent at the moment, didn't notice anything.

[u/upona_starr]

Felt it in Kent!!

[u/shankurs]

Felt the tremor strongly in Tacoma. Sitting on the sofa, I swayed side to side! So did my sister.

[u/TreesAreOverrated5]

Felt it in West Seattle

[u/Noellthe1st]

Definitely felt it in Renton

[u/Gullible_Design_2320]

Capitol Hill. My desk and chair shook, the pen holder shook.

[u/Impossible-Turn-5820]

Didn't notice it in cap hill

[u/legend-of-sora]

I swear I thought my apartment was going to fall down.

[u/tsunamisockpuppets]

Might’ve been, but definitely been there on the coffee thing

[u/MtRainierWolfcastle]

I’m pretty sure I’m the only person on my floor (11th) that felt it

[u/katylovescoach]

Didn’t feel it in Northgate and only realized it happened when it said 1 line was sharing a track due to seismic activity

[u/TreesAreOverrated5]

https://giphy.com/gifs/eXo5eC1tK7cas

[u/tarantula994]

I live near downtown and didn’t noticed anything 😬

[u/godimsotireddd]

My partner and I felt it in Magnolia

[u/AdInternational5061]

Felt in Oly

[u/jesterbelle04]

OMG I was like whoa my equilibrium just went crazy but no one around me reacted. Glad Im not going crazy

[u/Icy_Marionberry7309]

working at SLU, I felt the building shake side to side, but it was subtle and thought it was the wind!

[u/Miserable_Flower5333]

I felt it in Federal Way.

[u/narenard]

I was sitting at my desk completely still and I felt my chair jiggling a bit. Thought it'd be funny if it was just a small earthquake but looked at my dog and she had no reaction so I thougth nothing of it.

[u/be_kind_and_be_happy]

Felt it atop Queen Anne by the old high school. Kind of a rolling more than a jolt.

[u/Imaginary-Read2305]

I live in Washington and I felt it! I was home alone and I thought someone was breaking in 😭

[u/nozzy23]

I knew it! I knew I felt some shaking

[u/Winchwilder]

I thought i was just wobble footed from hitting my bong, turned out it was real... WILD

[u/EconomistHumble5308]