M2.3 earthquake 8km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX on Fri, Nov 25, 1977, 3:49 AM PST (11:49 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 74km SW 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
- 2.3 (mh), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-11-25 11:49:15 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.544° N, 115.271° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.37
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 15
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.210km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17833 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.98km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17833 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.87km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17833 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.68km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17833 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.38km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17833 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.77km SW of Holtville, CA · 17833 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.774km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 17831 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.623km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 17831 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.72km N of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 17831 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.722km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 17831 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.93km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 17830 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.02km SE of Niland, CA · 17830 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.93km S of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 17829 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 17829 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.61km NE of El Centro, CA · 17828 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.510km SSW of Holtville, CA · 17827 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.68km NNE of Imperial, CA · 17827 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Imperial, CA · 17826 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.65km ESE of Imperial, CA · 17826 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.98km E of Imperial, CA · 17825 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.57km ENE of Imperial, CA · 17825 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.59km SSE of Brawley, CA · 17825 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.59km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 17825 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.97km SW of Holtville, CA · 17824 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.78km NE of Calexico, CA · 17824 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.94km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 17824 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.68km WSW of Niland, CA · 17822 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.77km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17821 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.85km NW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17821 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.111km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17821 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.21km S of Niland, CA · 17820 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.01km ESE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 17819 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.512km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17819 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.710km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17819 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.96km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17819 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.04km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.04km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.74km NNE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.68km E of Heber, CA · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.86km NNE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.09km N of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.87km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.93km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.87km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.74km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.713km NNE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.85km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.95km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.64km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.74km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.65km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.05km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.85km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.15km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.14km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.05km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.67km NNE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.77km W of Holtville, CA · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.44km N of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.65km NE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17818 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of 171.
Before
- 2.09km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17833 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.88km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17833 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17833 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.98km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17833 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.78km WNW of Holtville, CA · 17834 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.86km WSW of Holtville, CA · 17834 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
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