M3.4 earthquake 43km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 43km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX on Wed, Nov 26, 1969, 4:39 AM GMT-8 (12:39 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 21km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1969-11-26 12:39:46 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.224° N, 115.758° 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 8.2 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 258°, 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: 25 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.66km WSW of Holtville, CA · 20755 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.818km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 20753 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.318km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 20752 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.721km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 20750 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.45km NW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 20747 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.240km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 20744 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.87km N of Imperial, CA · 20744 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.74km N of Imperial, CA · 20744 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.63km NNE of Imperial, CA · 20744 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.43km SSE of Imperial, CA · 20744 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.421km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 20744 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.815km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 20744 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.72km NNE of Imperial, CA · 20744 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.32km N of El Centro, CA · 20744 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.918km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 20741 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.447km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 20734 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.727km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 20730 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.96km NE of Calexico, CA · 20720 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.88km NE of Mexicali, B.C., MX · 20719 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.372km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 20714 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.412km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 20709 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.026km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 20704 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.558km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 20702 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.326km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 20701 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.046km S of Ocotillo, CA · 20699 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 2.517km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 20760 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.21km NW of El Centro, CA · 20767 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.525km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 20768 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.325km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 20770 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.549km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 20770 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.526km W of Westmorland, CA · 20775 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3326038. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC.