{"id":865543,"date":"2026-09-30T05:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865543\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T05:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T05:54:13","slug":"magnitude-4-2-quake-hits-puget-sound-area-centered-west-northwest-of-gig-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/865543\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude 4.2 quake hits Puget Sound area centered west-northwest of Gig Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEATTLE \u2014 A preliminary magnitude <a href=\"https:\/\/pnsn.org\/event\/714111952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">4.2 earthquake struck the Puget Sound <\/a>region Tuesday afternoon, according to initial earthquake reports.<\/p>\n<p>The quake was recorded at 2:05 p.m. near the epicenter and was centered about 3.4 miles west-northwest of Wauna, Washington, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).<\/p>\n<p>It occurred at a depth of about 26 kilometers, or 16 miles.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary location was about 8.3 miles north-northwest of Artondale, nearly 10 miles south-southwest of Port Orchard and about 12 miles south-southwest of Bremerton.<\/p>\n<p>It was also about 27 miles north-northeast of Olympia.<\/p>\n<p>The reports did not immediately provide information about injuries or damage, but no tsunami threat was reported.  <\/p>\n<p>Sound Transit reported that 1 Line trains would share one track at Angle Lake Station until further notice due to seismic activity. <\/p>\n<p>Sound Transit also asked riders to board all trains on the Federal Way Downtown platform.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS | <a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/earthquake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EARTHQUAKES IN WASHINGTON STATE <\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Some people felt weak shaking throughout areas in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and Bremerton, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN).<\/p>\n<p>The ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System automatically detected the earthquake and (correctly) deemed it too small to trigger alerts through cell phones, the PNSN reported. <\/p>\n<p>Within a half hour of the earthquake, thousands of people submitted Did You Feel It? reports to the US Geological Survey, PNSN said. <\/p>\n<p>What does an earthquake feel like?  <\/p>\n<p>A large earthquake nearby will feel like a sudden large jolt followed quickly by strong shaking that can last from a few seconds to a few minutes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).<\/p>\n<p>If you felt this earthquake, submit a report <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/uw714111952\/tellus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The shaking will feel violent, and it will be difficult to stand up,&#8221; the USGS said on its website. &#8220;The contents of your house will be a mess.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you are far from a large earthquake, the USGS said the feeling will be more similar to a gentle bump and then stronger, rolling shaking. The shaking may also feel sharp for a little while.<\/p>\n<p>If you are close to the epicenter of a small earthquake, the USGS said it will feel like a smaller sharp jolt followed by a couple of stronger sharp shakes that quickly pass.<\/p>\n<p>The USGS said that if you&#8217;re far from a small quake, you most likely won&#8217;t feel it.  <\/p>\n<p>Does the ground below you affect how the earthquake feels?<\/p>\n<p>The short answer is yes. <\/p>\n<p> Both the type of crustal material and structure can impact what you feel, the USGS said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEATTLE \u2014 A preliminary magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck the Puget Sound region Tuesday afternoon, according to initial earthquake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-865543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}