M2.2 earthquake 5km E of Puebla, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 5km E of Puebla, B.C., MX on Thu, Dec 23, 1982, 11:16 AM PST (19:16 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 72km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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
- 2.2 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-12-23 19:16:35 UTC
- Depth
- 21.5 km (13.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.564° N, 115.301° 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
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 189°, 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: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.121km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15988 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.431km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15985 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.911km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15984 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.09km SSW of Holtville, CA · 15983 days ago · 18 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.310km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15982 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.19km SW of Holtville, CA · 15981 days ago · 16 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.56km SSW of Salton City, CA · 15980 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.571km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15980 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.53km S of Ocotillo, CA · 15979 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.513km WSW of Niland, CA · 15979 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.57km SW of Holtville, CA · 15978 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.516km SSE of Salton City, CA · 15978 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.619km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15978 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.57km S of Salton City, CA · 15977 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.15km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 15977 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.616km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 15973 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.54km W of Brawley, CA · 15972 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.055km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15972 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.866km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15972 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.538km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15971 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.472km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15970 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.072km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15969 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.567km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15967 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.861km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15965 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.670km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15964 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.921km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15963 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.923km SW of Westmorland, CA · 15960 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.12km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 15960 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.628km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15958 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.326km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15958 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.928km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15958 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.327km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15958 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.028km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 15958 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.028km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15958 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.127km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15958 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.628km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15958 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.528km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15958 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.516km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 15958 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.618km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15958 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.97km WSW of Holtville, CA · 15956 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.57km WSW of Holtville, CA · 15956 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.57km WSW of Holtville, CA · 15956 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.063km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15956 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.47km WSW of Holtville, CA · 15955 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.223km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15955 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.221km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15955 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.322km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15955 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.37km WSW of Holtville, CA · 15953 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.55km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 15952 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.920km E of Brawley, CA · 15951 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.820km E of Brawley, CA · 15951 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.621km E of Brawley, CA · 15951 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.921km ENE of Brawley, CA · 15951 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.621km ENE of Brawley, CA · 15951 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.721km E of Brawley, CA · 15951 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.820km E of Brawley, CA · 15951 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.920km E of Brawley, CA · 15951 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.120km E of Brawley, CA · 15951 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.820km ENE of Brawley, CA · 15949 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.119km E of Brawley, CA · 15948 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of 83.
Before
- 2.411km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15992 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.211km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15994 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.18km WSW of Calipatria, CA · 15995 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.19km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15998 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.79km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15998 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.98km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15998 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.819km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15998 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.610km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15998 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.98km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 16002 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.814km NW of Imperial, CA · 16002 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.44km S of Delta, B.C., MX · 16003 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.38km SSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16003 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.64km SSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16003 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.55km SSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16003 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.75km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 16005 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.016km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 16007 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.27km NE of Imperial, CA · 16009 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.225km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 16010 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.76km SSE of Brawley, CA · 16012 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.26km SSW of Salton City, CA · 16014 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
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