M2.6 earthquake 6 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km SSE of Point Roberts, Washington on Tue, May 27, 2003, 11:59 AM PDT (18:59 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-05-27 18:59:33 UTC
- Depth
- 16.1 km (10.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.930° N, 123.039° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 223°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.66 km SW of Coupeville, Washington · 8527 days ago · 24 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.86 km SSE of Orcas, Washington · 8520 days ago · 48 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Oak Bay, Canada · 8517 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.77 km NNW of Anacortes, Washington · 8510 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.013 km W of Marietta, Washington · 8505 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.53 km W of Coupeville, Washington · 8504 days ago · 21 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.35 km N of Victoria, Canada · 8500 days ago · 23 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.00 km NNW of Lyman, Washington · 8499 days ago · -1 km deep · 84 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10586443. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:39 AM UTC.