M2.4 earthquake 34km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 34km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Sun, Sep 19, 1982, 8:46 AM PDT (15:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 28km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX. 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
- 1982-09-19 15:46:13 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.958° N, 116.274° 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
- 314°, 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: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.914km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 16079 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.223km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 16076 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.333km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16068 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.428km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16066 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.533km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16066 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.639km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16065 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.689km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16064 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.256km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16063 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.527km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16062 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.115km W of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16061 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.851km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16061 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.654km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16061 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.951km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16060 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.668km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16059 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.874km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16059 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.855km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16057 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.267km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16057 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.09km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 16056 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.975km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16056 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.052km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16052 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.775km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16051 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.320km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16044 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.478km SE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16042 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.941km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16042 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.18km W of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 16038 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.591km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16035 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.055km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16033 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.870km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16031 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.522km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16031 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.352km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16026 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.385km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16021 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 2.320km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16082 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.419km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16083 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.645km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16083 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.653km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16083 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.518km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16083 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.419km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16083 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.120km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16084 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.020km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16084 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.942km SW of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16084 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.454km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16085 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.412km WSW of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16086 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.538km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16088 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.049km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16088 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.544km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 16088 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.920km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16093 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.445km WSW of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16096 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16097 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.569km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16101 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.951km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16101 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.560 km SW of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), Mexico · 16102 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
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