M2.2 earthquake 18 km NE of Ganges, Canada
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 18 km NE of Ganges, Canada on Wed, Jul 25, 1984, 5:53 PM PDT (00:53 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 22 km ENE of North Saanich, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-07-26 00:53:31 UTC
- Depth
- 55.3 km (34.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.982° N, 123.336° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.53 km NW of Jamestown, Washington · 15394 days ago · 45 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 15394 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Mount Vernon, Washington · 15391 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.74 km W of Langford, Canada · 15389 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.019 km W of Ault Field, Washington · 15387 days ago · 17 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.70 km NW of Kendall, Washington · 15375 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.28 km NNW of Ault Field, Washington · 15369 days ago · 50 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.610 km E of Acme, Washington · 15369 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of La Conner, Washington · 15368 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.622 km ENE of North Saanich, Canada · 15365 days ago · 57 km deep · 29 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10178323. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC.