M1.6 earthquake 12 km E of Mission, Canada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km E of Mission, Canada on Thu, Jul 19, 2007, 3:17 PM PDT (22:17 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 16 km SE of Friday Harbor, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-07-19 22:17:08 UTC
- Depth
- -0.5 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.153° N, 122.134° 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, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 296°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.921 km SE of Glacier, Washington · 6993 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Abbotsford, Canada · 6974 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Orcas, Washington · 6965 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.510 km NW of Orcas, Washington · 6964 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.05 km SSW of Chilliwack, Canada · 6964 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.5Washington-British Columbia border region · 6964 days ago · 19 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Friday Harbor, Washington · 6961 days ago · 57 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10727158. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.