M2.3 earthquake 5km E of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 5km E of Delta, B.C., MX on Mon, Feb 11, 1980, 11:08 AM PST (19:08 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 5km SE of Westmorland, CA. 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
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-02-11 19:08:33 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.349° N, 115.142° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 218°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.35km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 17037 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.84km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 17037 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.84km NE of Westmorland, CA · 17036 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.78km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 17035 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.79km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 17033 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.75km SE of Westmorland, CA · 17033 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.451km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 17032 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.97km NE of Calipatria, CA · 17030 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.35km W of Brawley, CA · 17029 days ago · 13 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.56km S of Brawley, CA · 17028 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.63km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 17026 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.212km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17024 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.17km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.37km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.17km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.97km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.17km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.57km SSW of Brawley, CA · 17022 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.46km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.18km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.37km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.97km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.08km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.76km NNE of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.17km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.46km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.78km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.16km SW of Brawley, CA · 17022 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.17km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.46km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.07km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.08km N of Imperial, CA · 17022 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.43km ENE of El Centro, CA · 17021 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.57km NNE of Imperial, CA · 17021 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.17km N of Imperial, CA · 17021 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.37km N of Imperial, CA · 17021 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.56km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17021 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.81km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 17021 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.87km N of Imperial, CA · 17020 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.45km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 17018 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.45km NE of Westmorland, CA · 17018 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.66km SW of Holtville, CA · 17018 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.76km SW of Holtville, CA · 17018 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.65km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 17017 days ago · 14 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.76km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 17017 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.59km ENE of Calexico, CA · 17016 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.08km SW of Holtville, CA · 17015 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.18km N of Imperial, CA · 17014 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.41km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 17013 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.24km S of Ocotillo, CA · 17012 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.414km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17012 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.15km NW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 17012 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.84km W of Brawley, CA · 17011 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.95km E of Westmorland, CA · 17008 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96km SW of Holtville, CA · 17007 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.246km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 17007 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.02km W of Brawley, CA · 17006 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.38km NE of Imperial, CA · 17006 days ago · 15 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.03km WNW of Brawley, CA · 17006 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.33km W of Brawley, CA · 17005 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 118.
Before
- 2.47km SSE of Niland, CA · 17038 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.74km W of Brawley, CA · 17039 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.012km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 17042 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.813km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17043 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.354km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 17044 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.111km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 17044 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.037km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 17044 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.837km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 17044 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.613km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 17046 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.08km NE of Delta, B.C., MX · 17047 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.65km NE of Westmorland, CA · 17047 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Brawley, CA · 17047 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.23km NNW of Brawley, CA · 17048 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.347km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 17048 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.67km ENE of Imperial, CA · 17049 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.012km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 17050 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.94km W of Brawley, CA · 17051 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.34km W of Brawley, CA · 17051 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Imperial, CA · 17053 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.456km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 17053 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3325650. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:15 AM UTC.