M2.0 earthquake 4 km ENE of Ganges, Canada
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 4 km ENE of Ganges, Canada on Wed, Apr 12, 2006, 9:09 AM PDT (16:09 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 32 km SW of Lake Cowichan, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-04-12 16:09:55 UTC
- Depth
- 36.6 km (22.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.872° N, 123.438° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 194°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.57 km S of Anacortes, Washington · 7463 days ago · 23 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.932 km SW of Lake Cowichan, Canada · 7450 days ago · 40 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.53 km N of Langley, Canada · 7441 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Ault Field, Washington · 7434 days ago · 18 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.59 km NE of Oak Bay, Canada · 7424 days ago · 24 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.03 km E of Deming, Washington · 7419 days ago · -1 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10691553. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.