M3.1 earthquake 83km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 83km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX on Fri, Nov 22, 1968, 11:01 PM GMT-8 (07:01 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
- 3.1 (Mh), minor
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1968-11-23 07:01:05 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.619° N, 115.695° 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 6.7 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 297°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 3
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 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.20km ENE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 21125 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.366km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 21123 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.280km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 21120 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.364km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 21117 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.93km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 21083 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.564km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 21081 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
Before
- 3.848km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 21140 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.547km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 21140 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.92km NNE of Delta, B.C., MX · 21148 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.844km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 21149 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.567km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 21156 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.473km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 21160 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3328186. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:48 PM UTC.