Earthquake shakes western Washington early Saturday
Feb 22, 2025, 5:48 AM | Updated: 9:11 am
Map of cities where people reported feeling earthquake Saturday morning. (Courtesy USGS)
(Courtesy USGS)
An earthquake shook parts of western Washington early Saturday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 3.4 quake hit the Auburn area around 3:45 a.m.
People reported feeling the earthquake in Auburn, Bremerton, Enumclaw, Kent, Marysville, Seattle, Renton, Tacoma, Graham, and Olympia. King County Emergency Management has asked people to report whether or not they felt it to the U.S. Geological Survey, as they track the impacts of the earthquake.
Frank Lenzi, news director at KIRO Newsradio, said he felt the shaking for about five seconds while he was in bed reading at his home in Tacoma. “I thought it was the cat,” Lenzi said. “I thought he was scratching the mattress and shaking it.” However, the cat was several feet away in its bed.
“The doors were kind of shaking on the hinges,” said Lenzi’s wife, Maxine. “The whole bed was shaking, though. That’s when we knew it had to be something else.”
No damage was reported at Lenzi’s house, and there have been no reports of any major damage elsewhere.
PRELIM Earthquake: M3.5, 16.2 km SW from Maple Valley, WA at 2025/02/22 03:45 PST https://t.co/Xmjj5fETTD
Did You Feel It?: https://t.co/35vW3infNd pic.twitter.com/up6hCOXHXY— PNSN (@PNSN1) February 22, 2025
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