M1.6 earthquake 8 km W of Langford, Canada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 8 km W of Langford, Canada on Thu, Apr 19, 1990, 2:30 PM PDT (21:30 UTC), 22 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 14 km ESE of Salt Spring Island, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1990-04-19 21:30:12 UTC
- Depth
- 21.8 km (13.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.445° N, 123.611° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76 km SSW of Hansville, Washington · 13313 days ago · 18 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.91 km WSW of Big Lake, Washington · 13312 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.76 km N of Six Mile, Canada · 13298 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.513 km S of Cowichan Bay, Canada · 13293 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.04 km NE of Six Mile, Canada · 13288 days ago · 23 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.611 km NNE of Jamestown, Washington · 13288 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.814 km ESE of Salt Spring Island, Canada · 13279 days ago · 59 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.32 km ENE of Camano, Washington · 13262 days ago · 23 km deep · 87 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10260383. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC.