M2.3 earthquake 25 km SW of Princeton, Canada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 25 km SW of Princeton, Canada on Wed, Jul 27, 2005, 3:15 AM PDT (10:15 UTC), -2 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 40 km SW of Princeton, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2005-07-27 10:15:21 UTC
- Depth
- -1.7 km (-1.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.285° N, 120.732° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 274°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.652 km SE of Hope, Canada · 7738 days ago · -2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.015 km SE of Glacier, Washington · 7732 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.521 km NNE of Concrete, Washington · 7730 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.217 km ESE of Glacier, Washington · 7725 days ago · 34 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.840 km SW of Princeton, Canada · 7696 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10673633. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC.