M2.7 earthquake 19 km SSW of Gibsons, Canada
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 19 km SSW of Gibsons, Canada on Mon, Mar 24, 2003, 5:16 AM PST (13:16 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-24 13:16:49 UTC
- Depth
- 23.2 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.232° N, 123.584° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 241°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.718 km SSW of Gibsons, Canada · 8595 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.120 km SSW of Gibsons, Canada · 8592 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Gibsons, Canada · 8566 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.511 km NNW of Orcas, Washington · 8554 days ago · 57 km deep · 74 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10583218. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:12 AM UTC.