M2.0 earthquake 29 km SSE of Agassiz, Canada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 29 km SSE of Agassiz, Canada on Tue, Nov 6, 1990, 10:10 PM PST (06:10 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 18 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington. 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
- 1990-11-07 06:10:36 UTC
- Depth
- 0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.009° N, 121.549° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 250°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.539 km NW of Agassiz, Canada · 13104 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.618 km NNE of Hamilton, Washington · 13098 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.71 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 13074 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Deming, Washington · 13063 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.32 km W of Chilliwack, Canada · 13054 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10266603. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:42 AM UTC.