M1.7 earthquake 46 km SW of Princeton, Canada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 46 km SW of Princeton, Canada on Wed, Jun 4, 2003, 6:16 AM PDT (13:16 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 15 km W of Okanagan Falls, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-06-04 13:16:09 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.110° N, 120.875° 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 9.0 km horizontally, 25.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 252°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10582498. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:36 AM UTC.