2 Small Earthquakes Hit Bonney Lake On Tuesday

BONNEY LAKE, WA - Did you feel any unusual shaking this morning?

According to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN), two very small earthquakes struck Bonney Lake early Tuesday morning.

The first quake was a magnitude 1.3 at a depth of over 9 miles detected just before 8 a.m. That quake was located at the edge of the plateau near 180th Drive East. The second quake was a magnitude 1.0 also at a depth of about 9 miles; that quake happened a short distance from the other one near the Lowe's store along Prairie Road East.

There was another similar quake - a magnitude 1.0 - on March 17 along Sumner-Buckley Highway near 214th Avenue East, according to the PNSN.

If you didn't feel the earthquakes, you're probably not alone. Quakes aren't usually noticeable until around magnitude 3.0.

Meanwhile, down the road at Mt. Rainier, there has been a small swarm of quakes near the summit over the past few days - but don't worry, seismologists say that's a normal occurrence for the volcano. The PNSN measures between three and 10 quakes at the volcano each month.

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