M2.1 earthquake 38 km ESE of Hope, Canada
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 38 km ESE of Hope, Canada on Wed, Jul 5, 2006, 3:20 AM PDT (10:20 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 8 km WNW of Oliver, Canada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-07-05 10:20:34 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.235° N, 120.959° 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 22.0 km horizontally, 68.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 264°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912 km E of Mission, Canada · 7369 days ago · -1 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km WNW of Oliver, Canada · 7345 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Mission, Canada · 7342 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.639 km SSE of Hope, Canada · 7338 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10694193. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.