M2.3 earthquake British Columbia, Canada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck in British Columbia, Canada on Tue, Oct 18, 2005, 12:32 PM PDT (19:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 6 km ENE of Deming, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-10-18 19:32:07 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.374° N, 122.282° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 270°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.36 km S of Kendall, Washington · 7648 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kendall, Washington · 7646 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.512 km S of Gibsons, Canada · 7644 days ago · 37 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.51 km SE of Hamilton, Washington · 7637 days ago · -1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.124 km N of Mission, Canada · 7633 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.06 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 7618 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 112
- 1.97 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 7610 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.35 km S of Kendall, Washington · 7607 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 7602 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayCanada earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10683608. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC.