M1.8 earthquake 20 km NNW of Chilliwack, Canada
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 20 km NNW of Chilliwack, Canada on Fri, Jun 9, 1989, 12:31 PM PDT (19:31 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 57 km WSW of Merritt, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-06-09 19:31:19 UTC
- Depth
- -1.2 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.321° N, 122.109° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 299°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.05 km WSW of Lyman, Washington · 13608 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.157 km WSW of Merritt, Canada · 13598 days ago · -2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.619 km NNE of Maple Ridge, Canada · 13593 days ago · -2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.012 km W of Chilliwack, Canada · 13592 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.023 km NE of Maple Ridge, Canada · 13590 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10242408. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:57 PM UTC.