M2.2 earthquake 7 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington on Tue, Jun 29, 1999, 6:31 AM PDT (13:31 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1999-06-29 13:31:46 UTC
- Depth
- 19.8 km (12.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.920° N, 123.053° W
- Region
- Washington
- 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 1.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 249°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
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 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.517 km S of Point Roberts, Washington · 9947 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Port Townsend, Washington · 9900 days ago · 21 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 2.7Washington-British Columbia border region · 9954 days ago · 19 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.25 km W of Lake Cavanaugh, Washington · 9957 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.89 km W of Ault Field, Washington · 9963 days ago · 23 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.78 km W of Ault Field, Washington · 9963 days ago · 22 km deep · 67 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10474948 (also filed as usp0009asn). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC.