M1.7 earthquake 3 km SSE of Pitt Meadows, Canada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Pitt Meadows, Canada on Tue, Apr 12, 1983, 5:39 PM PST (01:39 UTC), 2 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 8 km WSW of White Rock, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-04-13 01:39:07 UTC
- Depth
- 2.4 km (1.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.193° N, 122.673° 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 61.3 km horizontally, 99.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 297°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.719 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 15863 days ago · 56 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of White Rock, Canada · 15862 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.23 km S of Bay View, Washington · 15859 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.012 km S of Glacier, Washington · 15859 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Lake McMurray, Washington · 15855 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Lake McMurray, Washington · 15853 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 15850 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 15832 days ago · 57 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 1.76 km S of Anacortes, Washington · 15872 days ago · 24 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.71 km S of Bay View, Washington · 15877 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.33 km WNW of La Conner, Washington · 15884 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 15886 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10157648. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC.