M2.5 earthquake 8 km WNW of Oliver, Canada
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Oliver, Canada on Thu, Aug 24, 2006, 4:29 AM PDT (11:29 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 32 km NW of Conconully, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2006-08-24 11:29:06 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.212° N, 119.661° 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 16.0 km horizontally, 8.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 266°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.732 km NW of Conconully, Washington · 7317 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.824 km NW of Conconully, Washington · 7297 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10705898. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:50 PM UTC.