M2.3 earthquake 12 km NNE of Maple Ridge, Canada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 12 km NNE of Maple Ridge, Canada on Mon, Sep 8, 2025, 9:28 PM PDT (04:28 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 10 km SE of Salt Spring Island, Canada. 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 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-09-09 04:28:33 UTC
- Depth
- 12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 49.318° N, 122.517° W
- Region
- Canada
- Felt reports
- 95
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.051 · 50 stations |
| 2.43 | ML, local (Richter) | Pacific Northwest Seismic Network | Final · ±0.11486615143656476 · 26 stations |
Did you feel it?
95 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.810 km S of Point Roberts, Washington · 383 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.88 km SSW of Birch Bay, Washington · 375 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.15 km WNW of Lynden, Washington · 363 days ago · 17 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 10
- 1.68 km NNE of Sedro-Woolley, Washington · 360 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.710 km SE of Salt Spring Island, Canada · 347 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 105
- 1.64 km W of Mount Vernon, Washington · 334 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000qux1 (also filed as uw62177122). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:56 AM UTC.