M3.3 earthquake 64km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 64km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Sat, Dec 7, 1968, 12:09 PM GMT-8 (20:09 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 3km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1968-12-07 20:09:47 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.982° N, 115.952° W
- Region
- Mexico
- 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 5.2 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 278°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
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
- 2.41km SSW of El Centro, CA · 21100 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.98km SW of Holtville, CA · 21095 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.93km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 21082 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.012km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 21082 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.564km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 21080 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.852km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 21068 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.220km ESE of Pine Valley, CA · 21063 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 3.280km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 21120 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.366km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 21122 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.20km ENE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 21124 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.183km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 21131 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.848km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 21139 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.547km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 21139 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3328203. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC.