M 3.1 - 16 km S of Ucluelet, Canada
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded by USGS near 16 km S of Ucluelet. On the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program scale, M3.1 is classified "Minor". Among the 1,740 earthquake reports Areazine has published, this M3.1 event ranks stronger than 8% of them (rank #1,496 by magnitude).
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- Magnitude
- M 3.1
- USGS class
- Minor
- Location
- 16 km S of Ucluelet
- Archive rank
- #1,496 of 1,740
- Source
- USGS
- Published
- September 15, 2026
Sits above 8% of the 1,740 earthquakes in the archive by magnitude; 1,495 ran stronger.
Record status: USGS's reading at the moment of detection — the agency keeps revising magnitude, aftershock counts, and felt reports on its own event page as more data arrives.
What Happened
A M 3.1 ml earthquake struck 16 km S of Ucluelet, Canada. The event occurred at Unix timestamp 1789464651060 and registered a depth of 4.86 km.
Location Details
The hypocenter was located at latitude 48.7960014343262, longitude -125.550498962402. The depth of 4.86 km is classified as shallow (less than 20 km).
Impact Assessment
No felt reports were recorded. There was no tsunami advisory (tsunami field value: 0) and no alert level was issued.
What You Should Know
This was a minor earthquake (M 2.5-3.9 range). Such events are often felt but rarely cause damage.
Source
Original source: USGS Official Notice ↗
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