M1.6 earthquake 1 km NNE of Hope, Canada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Hope, Canada on Fri, Aug 23, 1985, 5:41 PM PDT (00:41 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 3 km NE of Acme, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-24 00:41:01 UTC
- Depth
- -1.7 km (-1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.397° N, 121.430° 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 3.3 km horizontally, 4.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 289°, 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.63 km SE of Acme, Washington · 15004 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.73 km NE of Acme, Washington · 14996 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.34 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 14996 days ago · 17 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.30 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 14996 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.13 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 14996 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 14994 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.917 km ENE of Hope, Canada · 14973 days ago · -2 km deep · 16 km away
Before
- 1.62 km NE of Acme, Washington · 15008 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.52 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 15008 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.60 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 15010 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.52 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 15010 days ago · 15 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.52 km SE of Acme, Washington · 15010 days ago · -1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.90 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 15010 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.13 km SW of Everson, Washington · 15021 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10195773. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:16 AM UTC.