M1.5 earthquake 4 km WSW of Richmond, Canada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Richmond, Canada on Fri, May 31, 1985, 7:53 AM PDT (14:53 UTC), 57 km (35 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 6 km SSE of Kendall, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-31 14:53:43 UTC
- Depth
- 56.8 km (35.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.159° N, 123.197° 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 6.0 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 301°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.26 km SSE of Kendall, Washington · 15077 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.42 km NW of Birch Bay, Washington · 15066 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.615 km N of Glacier, Washington · 15063 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.812 km ENE of Fairwinds, Canada · 15035 days ago · 70 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 1.88 km E of Deming, Washington · 15105 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.614 km E of North Saanich, Canada · 15106 days ago · 21 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.25 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 15111 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.86 km S of Kendall, Washington · 15112 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.55 km E of Deming, Washington · 15113 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.97 km E of Deming, Washington · 15114 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10210313. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC.