Mexico earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 52km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 52km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX on Fri, Nov 6, 1981, 2:34 AM PST (10:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 78km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mc), micro
Local time
UTC
1981-11-06 10:34:09 UTC
Depth
5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.725° N, 116.012° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
274°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.378km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16391 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.878km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16387 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.135km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16386 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.363km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16386 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 3.876km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16386 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.477km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16386 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.361km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16385 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.647km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16385 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 2.312km SE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 16383 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 2.363km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16380 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.244km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16380 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.354km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16380 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.029km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16380 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.362km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16378 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.664km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16378 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.354km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16377 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.440km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16377 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.340km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16377 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.241km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16375 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.530km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16374 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.474km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16373 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 3.458km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16372 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 3.362km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16371 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 3.58km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16369 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 2.210km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16369 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 2.28km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16369 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 3.39km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16369 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 3.32 km SSW of El Sauzal de Rodríguez, Mexico · 16369 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  29. 2.77km WSW of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16369 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.87km S of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16369 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 3.29km S of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16369 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.510km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16369 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.021km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16368 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.910km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16365 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  35. 1.911km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16365 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.27km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16365 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.354km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16364 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 2.410km SW of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16363 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 3.410km SW of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16363 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 2.06km S of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16363 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.211km SW of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16363 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 2.48km SW of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16363 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.412km SW of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16363 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.78km SSW of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16363 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.19km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16363 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 2.139km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16358 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.954km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16357 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 2.310km SSW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16352 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 3.475km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16351 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.469km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16351 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 2.033km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16351 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 3.070km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16350 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 2.34km S of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16348 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.571km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16346 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 2.432km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16345 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.89km S of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16343 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 2.151km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16341 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.329km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16341 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 1.820km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16338 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 1.821km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16338 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 2.028km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 16392 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  2. 2.231km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16398 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.024km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16400 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.146km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16400 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.029km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16401 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 2.168km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16403 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.032km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16404 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 2.038km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16405 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.254km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16408 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.817km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 16408 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.154km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16409 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.572km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16412 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.466km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16412 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.716km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16415 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.716km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16415 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 1.517km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16415 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.516km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16415 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 1.616km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16415 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.382km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16416 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.211km SSW of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16416 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci526668. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.