EVERETT — Residents in south Snohomish County were hit with a minor earthquake early Tuesday morning, geological data shows.<\/p>\n
The magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck at 5:42 a.m. Tuesday in the Cathcart area of unincorporated Snohomish County, according to data from the United States Geological Survey and the University of Washington.<\/p>\n
A magnitude 3.0 quake is just about the threshold at which people can feel an earthquake, researchers say<\/a>. Damage from earthquakes would typically only occur<\/a> somewhere above magnitudes 4 or 5.<\/p>\n Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the 2001 Nisqually earthquake<\/a>, which measured a magnitude of 6.8 and caused at least $2 billion in damage across the Puget Sound region.<\/p>\n Will Geschke: 425-339-3443; <\/em>william.geschke@heraldnet.com<\/em><\/a>; X: <\/em>@willgeschke<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The magnitude 3.0 earthquake, which struck before 6 a.m. Tuesday, is just about the smallest quake people can feel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1126,"featured_media":864248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1024],"tags":[349],"class_list":["post-864247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","tag-environment"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/heraldnet.com\/2026\/02\/24\/minor-earthquake-hits-south-snohomish-county\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Minor earthquake hits south Snohomish County","url":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/02\/24\/minor-earthquake-hits-south-snohomish-county\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/02\/24\/minor-earthquake-hits-south-snohomish-county\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/41663600_web1_S-Snohomish-County-Logo-EDH-220118.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/41663600_web1_S-Snohomish-County-Logo-EDH-220118.jpg"},"articleSection":"Top News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Geschke"}],"creator":["Will Geschke"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HeraldNet.com","logo":""},"keywords":["environment"],"dateCreated":"2026-02-24T19:35:00Z","datePublished":"2026-02-24T19:35:00Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:53:09Z"},"rendered":"