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M2.7 earthquake 10 km SW of Friday Harbor, Washington

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km SW of Friday Harbor, Washington on Mon, Jan 13, 2003, 4:06 PM PST (00:06 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
Magnitude from: Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Local time: Mon, Jan 13, 2003, 4:06 PM PST
UTC: 2003-01-14 00:06:06 UTC
Depth: 20.6 km (12.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 48.475° N, 123.123° W
Region: Washington
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	Md, duration	Pacific Northwest Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.03 · 13 stations
2.7	Md, duration	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt throughout the Victoria area, British Columbia.

From the USGS event page for uw10573788. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.03
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 77°
Stations used: 23

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10573788 (also filed as usp000bnh3). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:05 PM UTC.