Canada earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 11 km NE of Oak Bay, Canada

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 11 km NE of Oak Bay, Canada on Sun, Jun 7, 1981, 9:44 PM PDT (04:44 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 7 km ENE of Quilcene, Washington. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-06-08 04:44:23 UTC
Depth
35.5 km (22.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
48.510° N, 123.173° 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 5.4 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
238°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 34 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.37 km ENE of Quilcene, Washington · 16540 days ago · 52 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 1.815 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16538 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.915 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16537 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 3.47 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16527 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.36 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 2.15 km E of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 2.77 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16527 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 2.37 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16527 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.97 km E of Deming, Washington · 16526 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  12. 1.55 km NE of Port Townsend, Washington · 16524 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.26 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 1.96 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.36 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.96 km E of Deming, Washington · 16522 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.96 km E of Deming, Washington · 16521 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.06 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16521 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 2.56 km E of Deming, Washington · 16521 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.95 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16520 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16520 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.87 km SSE of Kendall, Washington · 16520 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 2.313 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 16518 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 2.85 km WNW of Lofall, Washington · 16515 days ago · 52 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.97 km SSE of Kendall, Washington · 16514 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  26. 1.95 km S of Kendall, Washington · 16510 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  27. 1.613 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 16505 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 2.07 km E of Deming, Washington · 16503 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.320 km S of Port Angeles East, Washington · 16497 days ago · 44 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.8Washington · 16496 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  31. 2.15 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 16496 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 1.93 km W of Fobes Hill, Washington · 16489 days ago · 14 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.16 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 16489 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 1.913 km WSW of Brinnon, Washington · 16484 days ago · 43 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.56 km NNW of Bangor Trident Base, Washington · 16547 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.712 km WNW of Langford, Canada · 16549 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 1.814 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16552 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 1.512 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 16552 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.06 km NNE of Port Townsend, Washington · 16566 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.413 km WSW of Ault Field, Washington · 16568 days ago · 29 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10109608. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC.