M1.7 earthquake 36 km SE of Agassiz, Canada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 36 km SE of Agassiz, Canada on Wed, Oct 14, 1992, 6:49 AM PDT (13:49 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 British Columbia, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1992-10-14 13:49:20 UTC
- Depth
- 1.4 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.032° N, 121.368° 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 4.1 km horizontally, 18.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 197°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 21
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.8British Columbia, Canada · 12393 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Concrete, Washington · 12358 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10295203. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC.