M2.9 earthquake 4 km S of Point Roberts, Washington
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km S of Point Roberts, Washington on Fri, Jan 18, 2002, 6:49 PM PST (02:49 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km WNW of Big Lake, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-19 02:49:21 UTC
- Depth
- 17.6 km (11.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.947° N, 123.082° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 235°, 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.56 km NNW of Nanaimo, Canada · 9016 days ago · 60 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.03 km WNW of Big Lake, Washington · 8996 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 19
- 1.64 km SE of Point Roberts, Washington · 8990 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.34 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington · 8985 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.317 km SSE of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8980 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.71 km ENE of Conway, Washington · 8978 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.720 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada · 8971 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 1.61 km ENE of Bay View, Washington · 9022 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.64 km NE of Geneva, Washington · 9025 days ago · 18 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.93 km WSW of Jamestown, Washington · 9030 days ago · 22 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington · 9040 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.62 km NW of Lake McMurray, Washington · 9045 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.05 km SSW of Big Lake, Washington · 9045 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10552668. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.