M2.5 earthquake 6 km WNW of Oliver, Canada
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Oliver, Canada on Mon, Aug 4, 2003, 4:47 AM PDT (11:47 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 39 km ESE of Merritt, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-08-04 11:47:35 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.203° N, 119.633° 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 5.1 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 265°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.64 km NNW of Tonasket, Washington · 8455 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.239 km ESE of Merritt, Canada · 8444 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.88 km SSE of Loomis, Washington · 8420 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10588563. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC.