M1.7 earthquake 11 km SW of Sooke, Canada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11 km SW of Sooke, Canada on Tue, Jul 22, 2008, 12:23 AM PDT (07:23 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 3 km NNE of Port Townsend, Washington. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-22 07:23:28 UTC
- Depth
- 37.2 km (23.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 48.319° N, 123.852° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 21
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.67 km WSW of Port Hadlock-Irondale, Washington · 6641 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.93 km NNE of Port Townsend, Washington · 6640 days ago · 56 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
- 1.58 km NNE of Anacortes, Washington · 6629 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.58 km WSW of Port Ludlow, Washington · 6628 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.99 km NW of Friday Harbor, Washington · 6621 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.018 km SW of Brinnon, Washington · 6619 days ago · 44 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of Lofall, Washington · 6596 days ago · 23 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 1.86 km SSW of Port Ludlow, Washington · 6653 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.913 km E of North Saanich, Canada · 6660 days ago · 54 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.522 km NNE of Queets, Washington · 6664 days ago · 34 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.73 km SW of Port Ludlow, Washington · 6673 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.55 km W of Port Townsend, Washington · 6676 days ago · 23 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.55 km WNW of Coupeville, Washington · 6676 days ago · 22 km deep · 82 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event uw10750258. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:46 AM UTC.