M2.0 earthquake 33 km ESE of Princeton, Canada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 33 km ESE of Princeton, Canada on Tue, Dec 26, 1989, 3:28 AM PST (11:28 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 7 km SSE of Okanagan Falls, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1989-12-26 11:28:45 UTC
- Depth
- 15.3 km (9.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.331° N, 120.093° 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 5.0 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 206°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10251748. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:37 AM UTC.