M2.3 earthquake 4 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington on Sat, Feb 23, 2002, 6:28 AM PST (14:28 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 29 km NNE of Sechelt, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-02-23 14:28:55 UTC
- Depth
- 16.5 km (10.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.948° N, 123.051° 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 0.1 km horizontally, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 226°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 25
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.317 km SSE of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8980 days ago · 49 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.71 km ENE of Conway, Washington · 8979 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.720 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada · 8971 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.916 km N of Mission, Canada · 8952 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.429 km NNE of Sechelt, Canada · 8951 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.716 km N of Mission, Canada · 8944 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 8940 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10553168. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC.