M3.0 earthquake 4 km WSW of Langley, Canada
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Langley, Canada on Wed, Sep 16, 1987, 1:10 PM PDT (20:10 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-09-16 20:10:42 UTC
- Depth
- 1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.083° N, 122.709° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.34 km WSW of Langley, Canada · 14253 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada · 14225 days ago · 23 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.713 km WNW of Chilliwack, Canada · 14212 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Ault Field, Washington · 14211 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.41 km E of Ferndale, Washington · 14203 days ago · 18 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 1.816 km SE of Glacier, Washington · 14258 days ago · 25 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.515 km E of North Saanich, Canada · 14263 days ago · 50 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.96 km SSE of Concrete, Washington · 14273 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of Birch Bay, Washington · 14274 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.631 km NNW of Chilliwack, Canada · 14280 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.65 km NNW of Orcas, Washington · 14281 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.72 km SSW of Birch Bay, Washington · 14281 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.715 km ESE of Oak Bay, Canada · 14282 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00038f5 (also filed as uw10224263). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:09 PM UTC.