Mexico earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 11km ENE of Delta, B.C., MX

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 11km ENE of Delta, B.C., MX on Sun, Jun 8, 1980, 1:36 AM PDT (08:36 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.3 5km SE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1980-06-08 08:36:43 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.409° N, 115.094° 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 3.7 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
223°, 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.457km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16918 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.75km ENE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 6.35km SE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 3.48km W of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 3.68km W of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 4.026km S of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.59km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 3.416km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 3.012km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.115km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 2.82km ESE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.31km SSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.82km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.05km SW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 2.94km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 3.82km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.59km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 2.86km SSE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.55km E of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.24km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.62km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 2.41km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 2.25km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.46km W of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 2.39km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.36km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.46km S of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 1.913km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 2.04km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.83km W of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 2.34km SSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 1.75km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.73km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 2.84km E of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 1.73km SE of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 1.84km E of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.56km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 2.74km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.08km SW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 2.66km S of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 2.34km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 1.82km SW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 3.46km ENE of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 3.53km NE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 2.63km ENE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  46. 2.63km WSW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.74km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 2.03km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 2.35km WNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 3.02km S of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  51. 2.16km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 2.84km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 2.61km S of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 2.45km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 3.32km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 2.65km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 2.72km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 2.46km SE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 2.03km SSE of Delta, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 1.94km SSW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16917 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.935km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16921 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 3.027km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16921 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  3. 1.52km WSW of Imperial, CA · 16922 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.65km SW of Brawley, CA · 16925 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 2.011km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 16926 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.66km SW of Calipatria, CA · 16934 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.968km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16936 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 2.18km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 16936 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.36km N of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16937 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.26km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16937 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.03km NNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 16937 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.815km WSW of Heber, CA · 16939 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.112km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16939 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 1.96km S of Brawley, CA · 16939 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 1.84km NE of Brawley, CA · 16939 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  16. 2.24km SE of Westmorland, CA · 16939 days ago · 14 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 1.75km NNW of Brawley, CA · 16939 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 1.61km E of Westmorland, CA · 16940 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.522km NE of Ocotillo, CA · 16941 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.79km WNW of Holtville, CA · 16941 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away

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