M3.4 earthquake 12km SE of Progreso, B.C., MX

Magnitude

3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Tue, Oct 16, 1979, 5:10 AM PDT

UTC

1979-10-16 12:10:18 UTC

Depth

10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

32.512° N, 115.487° W

Region

Mexico

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.3 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.25

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

215°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

14

• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast13 kmSSW

After

1. 2.14km SSE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:11 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
2. 3.55km NNE of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 5:12 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
3. 2.25km NE of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 5:13 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
4. 2.55km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:15 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
5. 2.23km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:19 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
6. 1.76km N of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:21 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
7. 2.514km W of Niland, CATue, Oct 16, 5:25 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
8. 3.36km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:25 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
9. 1.74km ENE of El Centro, CATue, Oct 16, 5:27 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
10. 2.35km N of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:27 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
11. 2.33km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:29 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
12. 2.32km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:32 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
13. 2.63km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:32 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
14. 2.68km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:37 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
15. 2.73km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:38 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
16. 2.55km S of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:42 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
17. 2.25km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:43 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
18. 2.27km E of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:46 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
19. 2.04km NNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:47 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
20. 1.56km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:48 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
21. 3.34km WNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:49 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
22. 1.83km NW of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:51 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
23. 2.77km NNE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:51 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
24. 3.18km S of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:54 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
25. 3.75km NNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:58 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
26. 2.47km NNE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 6:06 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
27. 2.55km S of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:07 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
28. 1.86km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:11 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
29. 2.63km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:12 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
30. 2.75km SSE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:14 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
31. 3.12km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:14 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
32. 2.64km SW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:17 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
33. 2.43km NNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:26 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
34. 2.816km ESE of Calipatria, CATue, Oct 16, 6:30 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
35. 3.04km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:33 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
36. 1.63km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:35 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
37. 2.66km N of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 6:35 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
38. 2.45km S of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:37 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
39. 2.64km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:39 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
40. 2.03km NW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:41 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
41. 2.73km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:43 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
42. 2.16km NE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:47 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
43. 2.85km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 6:53 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
44. 2.57km WSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:00 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
45. 2.24km ENE of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 7:06 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
46. 2.23km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:07 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
47. 3.37km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:08 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
48. 2.75km E of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:09 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
49. 2.17km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:12 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
50. 2.53km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:13 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
51. 2.36km WSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:18 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
52. 3.32km SW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:20 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
53. 1.74km SE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:28 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
54. 1.63km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 7:38 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
55. 2.36km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:41 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
56. 1.78km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:49 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
57. 1.97km NNE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 7:50 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
58. 4.07km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:00 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
59. 2.45km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:04 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
60. 3.36km NNE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 8:05 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 2.36km N of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:10 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
2. 2.84km NE of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 5:09 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
3. 1.96km NNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:09 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
4. 3.05km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:06 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
5. 3.04km NNE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 5:02 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
6. 4.07km NNE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:01 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
7. 2.46km ENE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 5:00 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
8. 1.56km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MXTue, Oct 16, 4:58 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
9. 3.55km NNE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 4:56 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
10. 3.210km SW of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 4:55 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
11. 2.08km NNE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 4:55 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
12. 3.03km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 4:53 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
13. 4.34km SW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 4:47 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
14. 4.78km SW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 4:46 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
15. 1.65km N of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 4:42 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
16. 1.54km NE of Westmorland, CATue, Oct 16, 4:42 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
17. 2.97km NE of Imperial, CATue, Oct 16, 4:39 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
18. 2.44km NNE of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 4:36 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
19. 2.73km SSW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 4:32 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
20. 2.74km NNW of Brawley, CATue, Oct 16, 4:30 AM PDT · 17153 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci12265907. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:40 PM UTC.