M1.5 earthquake 9 km ENE of Oak Bay, Canada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Oak Bay, Canada on Thu, Jul 6, 1978, 5:05 PM PDT (00:05 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 13 km SSE of Oak Bay, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-07-07 00:05:54 UTC
- Depth
- 21.0 km (13.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.476° N, 123.187° W
- Region
- Canada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 184°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.53 km E of Alger, Washington · 17611 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.93 km E of Port Townsend, Washington · 17602 days ago · 23 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Hansville, Washington · 17596 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.510 km WSW of North Saanich, Canada · 17575 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.613 km SSE of Oak Bay, Canada · 17571 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.27 km SW of Brinnon, Washington · 17566 days ago · 46 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.16 km N of Kingston, Washington · 17560 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayCanada earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10847383. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC.