M2.4 earthquake 4 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 4 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington on Sat, May 10, 2025, 4:54 PM PDT (23:54 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 3 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.37	ML, local (Richter)	Pacific Northwest Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.13264576195287026 · 27 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.045 · 64 stations

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw62096992 (also filed as us7000pyhi). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:42 AM UTC.