People reported feeling the earthquake as far as south Pierce County, north of Seattle and around Port Orchard.

Many earthquakes in Washington state are linked to the motion of the Juan de Fuca Plate and the ... Deep faults happen when two tectonic plates collide and one plate slips beneath the other ...

VASHON ISLAND, Wash. — An earthquake struck Vashon Island late Monday night, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN). The tremors spread across a wide area, with people in ...

The Juan de Fuca plate is gradually subducting ... which comprises the stuck portions of the boundary between two converging tectonic plates. This type of fault is capable of producing giant ...

Sometimes we go a longer period without them.” Many earthquakes in Washington state are linked to the motion of the Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Continental Plate moving against ...

The 3.9 magnitude earthquake hit at 4:18 p.m. on the Olympic Peninsula, according to the United States Geological Survey.

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 Fall City in east King ...