M1.7 earthquake 10 km NW of Langford, Canada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Langford, Canada on Wed, Oct 31, 2007, 6:27 PM PDT (01:27 UTC), 40 km (25 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 11 km N 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
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-11-01 01:27:07 UTC
- Depth
- 39.6 km (24.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.517° N, 123.607° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 158°
- Stations used
- 18
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 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.79 km SSE of North Saanich, Canada · 6900 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.95 km N of Port Ludlow, Washington · 6899 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.00 km SE of Coupeville, Washington · 6878 days ago · 30 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.211 km N of Lake Cowichan, Canada · 6876 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10722678. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:58 PM UTC.