Small Earthquake Hit Redmond Over The Weekend

REDMOND, WA - Did you feel any odd shaking on Saturday around 9 a.m.? If so, it was probably the small earthquake that was detected in Redmond by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

The magnitude 2.3 quake happened at 9:17 a.m. Saturday about 17 miles underneath 143rd Court Northeast, which is just a few blocks north of Welcome Park along Redmond Way. Such a low-magnitude quake is hard for humans to feel, but it is possible.

According to the PNSN, two people - one in Renton, another in Orting - reported feeling the quake.

This is at least the fifth small quake in the area since last week. A magnitude 2.5 hit Edmonds last Thursday, and there have been three extremely small quakes - just above a magnitude 1 - detected in the downtown Kirkland area over the last week.

Want to see other recent earthquakes in the area? Check out the PNSN's earthquake map.

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