M2.4 earthquake 3km NW of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 3km NW of Delta, B.C., MX on Fri, Aug 20, 1982, 5:52 AM PDT (12:52 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 24km WSW 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
- 2.4 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-20 12:52:58 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.379° N, 115.215° 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.
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 251°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77km W of Calipatria, CA · 16108 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.533km SE of Campo, CA · 16107 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.383km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16103 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.560 km SW of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), Mexico · 16103 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.569km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16103 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.023km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16100 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16099 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.219km SW of Westmorland, CA · 16098 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.623km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16096 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.124km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16096 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.222km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16096 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.423km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16096 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.920km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16094 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.024km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16094 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.323km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16094 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.83km W of Brawley, CA · 16091 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.454km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16087 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.020km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16085 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.120km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16085 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.419km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16085 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.07km WSW of Calipatria, CA · 16085 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.518km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16085 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.419km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16084 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.320km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16084 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.912km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 16081 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.914km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 16080 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.34km ESE of Delta, B.C., MX · 16079 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.223km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 16078 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.44km SW of Mexicali, B.C., MX · 16072 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.127km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16072 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.413km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 16071 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.816km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 16071 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.24km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 16071 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.921km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16068 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.88km W of Imperial, CA · 16066 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.024km SW of Westmorland, CA · 16065 days ago · 12 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.919km W of Westmorland, CA · 16064 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.922km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16063 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.224km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 16061 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.668km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16060 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.874km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16060 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.09km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 16057 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.975km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16057 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.96km NNE of Delta, B.C., MX · 16052 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.88km NNE of Delta, B.C., MX · 16052 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.910km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 16052 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.775km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16052 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 2.563km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16115 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.00km NW of Brawley, CA · 16115 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.111km NNE of Delta, B.C., MX · 16116 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.88km SW of Holtville, CA · 16117 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.062km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16118 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.310km ENE of Calexico, CA · 16119 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.217km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16120 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Brawley, CA · 16120 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.97km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 16121 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.07km S of Brawley, CA · 16121 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.66km NE of Imperial, CA · 16121 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.66km SSW of Brawley, CA · 16121 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.26km S of Brawley, CA · 16121 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.012km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16123 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.318km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 16124 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.117km N of Ocotillo, CA · 16126 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.87km ENE of Imperial, CA · 16127 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.17km NE of Imperial, CA · 16127 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.76km NE of Imperial, CA · 16127 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.28km SW of Holtville, CA · 16127 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
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