M2.5 earthquake 33km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 33km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Sun, Oct 3, 1982, 4:19 AM PDT (11:19 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 39km ENE of Maneadero, 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
- 2.5 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-10-03 11:19:08 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.984° N, 116.301° 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
- 288°, 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: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.639km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16060 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.689km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16058 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.256km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16058 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.527km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16056 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.115km W of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16056 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.851km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16055 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.654km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16055 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.951km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16055 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.668km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16053 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.874km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16053 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.855km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16052 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.267km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16052 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.09km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 16051 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.975km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16050 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.052km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16047 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.775km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16045 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.320km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16038 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.478km SE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16037 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.941km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16036 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.18km W of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 16033 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.591km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16030 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.055km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16028 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.870km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 16026 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.522km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16026 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.352km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16021 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.385km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16016 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.119km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 16013 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.053km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16011 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.745km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 16011 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
Before
- 3.428km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16061 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.333km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 16063 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.223km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 16071 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.914km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 16074 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.434km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 16074 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.320km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16077 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.419km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16077 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.645km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16077 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.653km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16078 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.518km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16078 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.419km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16078 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.120km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16078 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.020km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16079 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.942km SW of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16079 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.454km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16080 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.412km WSW of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16081 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.538km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16082 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.049km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 16083 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.544km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 16083 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.920km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 16088 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
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