SEATTLE — An earthquake with a 3.2 magnitude reported Wednesday southeast of Seattle near Maple Valley is the fourth small quake in the Puget Sound area in the past three days, officials said.
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network said the latest quake happened at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. On Tuesday morning, a small earthquake with a magnitude of 3.0 was reported near Carnation, one day after a smaller magnitude 2.2 quake was reported in the same location Monday. The Carnation quakes came after a magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded about four miles from Monroe early Monday.
The earthquakes have been reviewed by a seismologist.
“It’s one more in the little series we have popping off right now and another reminder we live in a place with active earthquakes,” Harold Tobin, director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network and a UW professor, told The Seattle Times of Wednesday’s quake.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit west of Bandon, Ore., at 11:10 p.m. Monday. A smaller magnitude 3.2 quake hit to the southeast at 2:14 a.m. Tuesday.
