M1.6 earthquake 1 km NNW of Mission, Canada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Mission, Canada on Sat, May 9, 1987, 1:54 AM PDT (08:54 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 19 km SSE of Friday Harbor, 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
- 1987-05-09 08:54:03 UTC
- Depth
- 10.4 km (6.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.142° N, 122.310° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.019 km SSE of Friday Harbor, Washington · 14366 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 14349 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.87 km S of Kendall, Washington · 14349 days ago · 13 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.51 km SE of Edison, Washington · 14342 days ago · 23 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.66 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 14337 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.77 km S of Bellingham, Washington · 14335 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.26 km WSW of Peaceful Valley, Washington · 14328 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.45 km ESE of Oak Harbor, Washington · 14323 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.55 km W of Lyman, Washington · 14323 days ago · -1 km deep · 69 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10219038. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.