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Earthquakes in British Columbia

34,570 earthquakes catalogued in and around British Columbia between 1901 and 2026.

Last updated 13 October 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.1
Latest earthquake · depth 13.3 km
11.10.2026 18:41 UTC · from centre 659 km
34,570
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1901–2026
record span
1.91
mean magnitude
30,845
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0171934381901: 1 (M5+)19011904: 1 (M5+)1905: 1 (M5+)1906: 1 (M5+)1908: 1 (M5+)1909: 1 (M5+)1910: 2 (M5+)1911: 1 (M4–5)19111912: 1 (M5+)1914: 1 (M5+)1915: 1 (M5+)1918: 2 (M5+)1919: 1 (M5+)1920: 2 (M5+)1921: 1 (M5+)19211923: 1 (M5+)1924: 1 (M5+)1926: 4 (M5+)1927: 3 (M5+)1929: 3 (M5+)1930: 3 (M5+)19311932: 1 (M5+)1933: 3 (M5+)1935: 1 (M5+)1936: 1 (M5+)1937: 2 (M5+)1938: 4 (M5+)1939: 3 (M5+)1941: 1 (M4–5)1941: 1 (M5+)19411942: 3 (M5+)1943: 1 (M4–5)1944: 2 (M5+)1945: 3 (M5+)1946: 3 (M5+)1948: 2 (M5+)1949: 4 (M5+)1951: 1 (M5+)19511952: 2 (M5+)1953: 1 (M5+)1954: 1 (M5+)1956: 4 (M5+)1957: 5 (M5+)1958: 1 (M4–5)1958: 2 (M5+)1959: 2 (M5+)1960: 5 (M5+)1961: 1 (M5+)19611962: 1 (M5+)1963: 1 (M4–5)1964: 1 (M3–4)1964: 10 (M4–5)1964: 1 (M5+)1965: 6 (M4–5)1966: 12 (M4–5)1966: 1 (M5+)1967: 3 (M4–5)1967: 5 (M5+)1968: 6 (M4–5)1968: 2 (M5+)1969: 7 (M<3)1969: 3 (M3–4)1969: 6 (M4–5)1969: 5 (M5+)1970: 3 (M<3)1970: 1 (M3–4)1970: 3 (M4–5)1970: 4 (M5+)1971: 5 (M<3)1971: 5 (M3–4)1971: 4 (M4–5)1971: 9 (M5+)19711972: 24 (M<3)1972: 5 (M3–4)1972: 7 (M4–5)1972: 6 (M5+)1973: 38 (M<3)1973: 9 (M3–4)1973: 20 (M4–5)1973: 6 (M5+)1974: 34 (M<3)1974: 5 (M3–4)1974: 19 (M4–5)1975: 41 (M<3)1975: 2 (M3–4)1975: 25 (M4–5)1975: 3 (M5+)1976: 50 (M<3)1976: 7 (M3–4)1976: 17 (M4–5)1976: 8 (M5+)1977: 48 (M<3)1977: 5 (M3–4)1977: 9 (M4–5)1978: 81 (M<3)1978: 7 (M3–4)1978: 16 (M4–5)1978: 5 (M5+)1979: 88 (M<3)1979: 10 (M3–4)1979: 30 (M4–5)1979: 8 (M5+)1980: 114 (M<3)1980: 5 (M3–4)1980: 15 (M4–5)1980: 3 (M5+)1981: 163 (M<3)1981: 6 (M3–4)1981: 9 (M4–5)19811982: 61 (M<3)1982: 6 (M3–4)1982: 19 (M4–5)1982: 1 (M5+)1983: 133 (M<3)1983: 5 (M3–4)1983: 21 (M4–5)1984: 109 (M<3)1984: 8 (M3–4)1984: 15 (M4–5)1984: 3 (M5+)1985: 135 (M<3)1985: 10 (M3–4)1985: 21 (M4–5)1985: 1 (M5+)1986: 120 (M<3)1986: 14 (M3–4)1986: 17 (M4–5)1986: 2 (M5+)1987: 128 (M<3)1987: 9 (M3–4)1987: 24 (M4–5)1988: 186 (M<3)1988: 13 (M3–4)1988: 16 (M4–5)1988: 4 (M5+)1989: 236 (M<3)1989: 24 (M3–4)1989: 23 (M4–5)1990: 330 (M<3)1990: 31 (M3–4)1990: 24 (M4–5)1990: 6 (M5+)1991: 208 (M<3)1991: 24 (M3–4)1991: 14 (M4–5)1991: 5 (M5+)19911992: 372 (M<3)1992: 55 (M3–4)1992: 26 (M4–5)1992: 8 (M5+)1993: 313 (M<3)1993: 38 (M3–4)1993: 12 (M4–5)1993: 2 (M5+)1994: 154 (M<3)1994: 40 (M3–4)1994: 14 (M4–5)1994: 2 (M5+)1995: 207 (M<3)1995: 48 (M3–4)1995: 25 (M4–5)1995: 2 (M5+)1996: 180 (M<3)1996: 35 (M3–4)1996: 22 (M4–5)1996: 3 (M5+)1997: 180 (M<3)1997: 27 (M3–4)1997: 12 (M4–5)1997: 2 (M5+)1998: 188 (M<3)1998: 38 (M3–4)1998: 17 (M4–5)1998: 2 (M5+)1999: 121 (M<3)1999: 28 (M3–4)1999: 12 (M4–5)1999: 3 (M5+)2000: 198 (M<3)2000: 59 (M3–4)2000: 21 (M4–5)2000: 7 (M5+)2001: 288 (M<3)2001: 88 (M3–4)2001: 48 (M4–5)2001: 17 (M5+)20012002: 268 (M<3)2002: 42 (M3–4)2002: 20 (M4–5)2002: 5 (M5+)2003: 301 (M<3)2003: 39 (M3–4)2003: 9 (M4–5)2003: 4 (M5+)2004: 446 (M<3)2004: 48 (M3–4)2004: 52 (M4–5)2004: 12 (M5+)2005: 415 (M<3)2005: 33 (M3–4)2005: 36 (M4–5)2005: 8 (M5+)2006: 588 (M<3)2006: 43 (M3–4)2006: 31 (M4–5)2006: 1 (M5+)2007: 604 (M<3)2007: 40 (M3–4)2007: 17 (M4–5)2007: 3 (M5+)2008: 677 (M<3)2008: 97 (M3–4)2008: 72 (M4–5)2008: 18 (M5+)2009: 391 (M<3)2009: 19 (M3–4)2009: 15 (M4–5)2009: 3 (M5+)2010: 427 (M<3)2010: 27 (M3–4)2010: 19 (M4–5)2010: 3 (M5+)2011: 596 (M<3)2011: 36 (M3–4)2011: 26 (M4–5)2011: 4 (M5+)20112012: 790 (M<3)2012: 57 (M3–4)2012: 235 (M4–5)2012: 33 (M5+)2013: 1,048 (M<3)2013: 102 (M3–4)2013: 64 (M4–5)2013: 12 (M5+)2014: 1,370 (M<3)2014: 61 (M3–4)2014: 64 (M4–5)2014: 10 (M5+)2015: 899 (M<3)2015: 37 (M3–4)2015: 30 (M4–5)2015: 9 (M5+)2016: 844 (M<3)2016: 24 (M3–4)2016: 11 (M4–5)2016: 2 (M5+)2017: 3,221 (M<3)2017: 168 (M3–4)2017: 35 (M4–5)2017: 14 (M5+)2018: 1,013 (M<3)2018: 31 (M3–4)2018: 50 (M4–5)2018: 7 (M5+)2019: 947 (M<3)2019: 44 (M3–4)2019: 30 (M4–5)2019: 15 (M5+)2020: 1,481 (M<3)2020: 84 (M3–4)2020: 20 (M4–5)2020: 2 (M5+)2021: 1,125 (M<3)2021: 100 (M3–4)2021: 14 (M4–5)20212022: 1,864 (M<3)2022: 149 (M3–4)2022: 37 (M4–5)2022: 4 (M5+)2023: 1,603 (M<3)2023: 254 (M3–4)2023: 44 (M4–5)2023: 5 (M5+)2024: 1,932 (M<3)2024: 251 (M3–4)2024: 56 (M4–5)2024: 13 (M5+)2025: 1,443 (M<3)2025: 221 (M3–4)2025: 26 (M4–5)2025: 3 (M5+)2026: 856 (M<3)2026: 116 (M3–4)2026: 26 (M4–5)2026: 4 (M5+)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
8.022.08.1949 04:0110 km425 km
7.810.07.1958 06:1510 km803 km
7.828.10.2012 03:047.4 km402 km
7.630.07.1972 21:459.4 km670 km
7.623.06.1946 17:1315 km511 km
7.505.01.2013 08:583.1 km551 km
7.426.05.1929 22:4015 km444 km
7.324.10.1927 15:5910 km773 km
7.118.01.1901 04:390 km853 km
7.006.12.1918 08:4115 km482 km
7.015.05.1908 08:3135 km1086 km
7.006.12.2025 20:4110 km1089 km
6.806.11.1910 20:290 km566 km
6.824.06.1970 13:0910.3 km391 km
6.828.06.2004 09:4912.3 km518 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.111.10.2026 18:4113.3 km659 km
1.610.10.2026 23:11-0.5 km661 km
1.109.10.2026 12:4113.2 km659 km
2.008.10.2026 22:035.9 km847 km
2.908.10.2026 15:582.9 km169 km
1.408.10.2026 07:3126 km677 km
1.508.10.2026 00:22-0.2 km662 km
1.207.10.2026 22:49-0.7 km634 km
3.007.10.2026 18:2010 km467 km
3.807.10.2026 17:2721.4 km424 km
2.107.10.2026 17:19-0.4 km664 km
0.907.10.2026 13:3319.3 km665 km
0.907.10.2026 13:018.1 km689 km
0.607.10.2026 08:235.8 km765 km
1.407.10.2026 00:03-0.5 km658 km
0.506.10.2026 23:1527.4 km667 km
1.406.10.2026 22:30-0.7 km629 km
2.306.10.2026 10:412 km663 km
2.606.10.2026 07:0610 km409 km
0.406.10.2026 06:5019.7 km668 km
1.206.10.2026 06:434.8 km658 km
1.005.10.2026 22:52-0.7 km625 km
2.605.10.2026 19:2510 km443 km
3.905.10.2026 17:3010 km399 km
1.405.10.2026 17:0525.2 km667 km
1.105.10.2026 01:045.2 km688 km
2.004.10.2026 23:36-0.4 km662 km
3.004.10.2026 16:305 km849 km
2.003.10.2026 21:33-0.4 km666 km
1.503.10.2026 05:1025 km678 km
1.103.10.2026 03:135 km713 km
0.302.10.2026 18:4710.2 km651 km
1.802.10.2026 17:14-0.4 km661 km
2.902.10.2026 10:2310 km430 km
1.001.10.2026 19:19-0.8 km632 km
2.030.09.2026 21:35-0.5 km664 km
1.729.09.2026 21:47-0.5 km666 km
0.829.09.2026 16:4130.2 km669 km
3.229.09.2026 10:148 km807 km
1.429.09.2026 04:27-0.4 km663 km
1.328.09.2026 22:3212.1 km749 km
1.528.09.2026 19:11-0.5 km596 km
2.228.09.2026 17:18-0.4 km662 km
5.228.09.2026 09:1310 km488 km
4.528.09.2026 09:0310 km474 km
2.428.09.2026 06:4510 km807 km
5.428.09.2026 04:4110 km515 km
4.928.09.2026 02:5310 km484 km
0.627.09.2026 05:284.7 km719 km
2.526.09.2026 18:125 km366 km
3.226.09.2026 00:4410 km464 km
1.125.09.2026 11:293.4 km719 km
2.124.09.2026 23:26-0.4 km662 km
0.724.09.2026 18:456.1 km705 km
2.924.09.2026 03:599.4 km1001 km
2.823.09.2026 16:3514.3 km394 km
2.723.09.2026 14:4518.9 km387 km
2.623.09.2026 12:261 km168 km
2.823.09.2026 04:5119.1 km386 km
0.922.09.2026 22:20-0.8 km634 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.