M1.6 earthquake 15 km E of North Saanich, Canada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km E of North Saanich, Canada on Tue, Nov 22, 2005, 12:03 AM PST (08:03 UTC), 18 km (11 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
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-11-22 08:03:39 UTC
- Depth
- 18.5 km (11.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.664° N, 123.214° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.06 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 7618 days ago · -1 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 112
- 1.97 km ENE of Acme, Washington · 7611 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.35 km S of Kendall, Washington · 7607 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Deming, Washington · 7603 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.519 km NNW of Jamestown, Washington · 7598 days ago · 25 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.56 km S of Kendall, Washington · 7583 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.313 km SW of North Saanich, Canada · 7566 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 67
Before
- 1.65 km E of Lake McMurray, Washington · 7625 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.51 km SE of Hamilton, Washington · 7637 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.512 km S of Gibsons, Canada · 7644 days ago · 37 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.56 km S of Kendall, Washington · 7646 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.36 km S of Kendall, Washington · 7648 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10683243. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:30 AM UTC.