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03/24/2008: "Devils Mountain Fault At Fault?"

(USGA based map)

A small 2.7 earthquake occurred early Sunday morning 3 miles north of Anacortes. The quake was so small as to cause no damage.

It has been estimated that there are at least five faults in San Juan County, and one big one in the general area of Vancouver Island running down into the upper Puget Sound through Whidbey Island, named Devils Mountain (see map above), and estimates of the potential size of a future quake have been estimated to reach 7.0 or higher.

An animation of recent earthquakes in the U.S. can be seen by Clicking Here, then click on the “Start Animatioin” bar.