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A 3.4 magnitude earthquake — downgraded from a 3.5 — struck Eastern King County near Carnation just after 5 a.m. today, according to MyNorthwest’s earthquake tracker.

According to the (PNSN), the earthquake’s epicenter was 7.07 miles east of Carnation — a mostly unpopulated area. The earthquake and its aftershocks were felt additionally in Bothell, Cottage Lake, Gold Bar, Issaquah and North Bend.

PRELIM Earthquake: M3.5, 11.4 km E from Carnation, WA at 2024/02/22 05:02 PST
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“It was relatively shallow at a depth of 11.93 miles, or 19.56 kilometers,”   said. “Usually, quakes are considered to be shallow until they get to a depth of about 70 kilometers.”

153 earthquakes have impacted the King County region in the past year, according to , with the largest being a 4.3 magnitude earthquake felt by more than 10,000 people near Port Hadlock-Irondale last October.

More on earthquakes in WA: 4.3-magnitude earthquake felt across Puget Sound region

This most recent quake falls under the Richter Scale’s 2.5-5.4 magnitude range, a range that is described as “often felt, but only causes minor damage.” estimated there are approximately 500,000 earthquakes within this range across the globe per year. An earthquake reaching 5.5-6.0 on the scale occurs just 350 times per year, in comparison.

Washington has the fifth-most earthquakes on average per year in the U.S., trailing only Alaska, California, Hawaii and Nevada.

If you felt the earthquake, PNSN has a “” to help track an earthquake’s impacts.

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Frank Sumrall is a content editor at MyNorthwest. You can read his stories here and you can email him here.