M2.3 earthquake 4 km E of Ganges, Canada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 4 km E of Ganges, Canada on Tue, Feb 6, 2007, 2:01 PM PST (22:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 7 km SW of Geneva, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-02-06 22:01:29 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.845° N, 123.434° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 190°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 23
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.62 km NNE of Ganges, Canada · 7179 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.86 km SE of Oak Bay, Canada · 7165 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Geneva, Washington · 7127 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 74
- 1.66 km S of Bellingham, Washington · 7126 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
Before
- 1.94 km ENE of Salt Spring Island, Canada · 7188 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Ganges, Canada · 7188 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.92 km S of Maple Falls, Washington · 7191 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.63 km NNE of Port Angeles East, Washington · 7198 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.60 km NE of Edison, Washington · 7209 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10712728. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC.