M2.0 earthquake 17km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 17km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX on Sun, Nov 20, 1983, 9:57 PM PST (05:57 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 22km W 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
- 2.0 (mh), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-11-21 05:57:29 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.319° N, 115.371° 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
- 0°
- 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: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 92 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.022km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15647 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.750km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15646 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.822km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15646 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.853km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15646 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.26km ESE of Imperial, CA · 15646 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.976km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15645 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.73km SSW of Brawley, CA · 15645 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.38km W of Heber, CA · 15644 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.28km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 15643 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.649km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15643 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.628km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15643 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.827km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15643 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.57km NE of Imperial, CA · 15643 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.627km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 15643 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.649km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15643 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.742km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15642 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96km E of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15642 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.037km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15641 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.315km W of Imperial, CA · 15640 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.88km SW of Holtville, CA · 15640 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.540km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15640 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.639km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15640 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.830km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15639 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.870km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15638 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.749km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15638 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.531km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15638 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.610km S of Holtville, CA · 15637 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.413km W of Imperial, CA · 15636 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.433km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15636 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.246km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15635 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.39km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15633 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.010km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15633 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.931km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15633 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.76km E of Westmorland, CA · 15633 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.749km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15632 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.550km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15631 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.56km N of Brawley, CA · 15631 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.04km NNW of Brawley, CA · 15631 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.54km N of Brawley, CA · 15631 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.222km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 15631 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.732km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15628 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.07km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15628 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.57km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15628 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.053km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15628 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.750km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15628 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.950km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15628 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.510km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15627 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.258km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15627 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.822km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 15624 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.759km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15624 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.048km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15623 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.751km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15622 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.638km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15621 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.511km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 15621 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.59km N of Westmorland, CA · 15621 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.441km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15620 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.32km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15619 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.36km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15619 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.015km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 15619 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.323km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15619 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 2.079km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15647 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.078km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15647 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.835km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15648 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.67km S of Brawley, CA · 15649 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.953km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15650 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.76km NNW of Brawley, CA · 15650 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.86km NNW of Brawley, CA · 15650 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.47km SW of Holtville, CA · 15650 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.08km SW of Holtville, CA · 15651 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.16km W of Brawley, CA · 15651 days ago · 11 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.95km WSW of Brawley, CA · 15651 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.86km WSW of Brawley, CA · 15651 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.06km WSW of Brawley, CA · 15651 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.55km WSW of Brawley, CA · 15651 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.49km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15651 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.65km E of Westmorland, CA · 15651 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.68km WSW of Holtville, CA · 15651 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.07km WSW of Holtville, CA · 15651 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.28km SW of Holtville, CA · 15651 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.78km SW of Holtville, CA · 15652 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
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