M2.0 earthquake 12km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 12km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX on Fri, Nov 4, 1983, 8:39 PM PST (04:39 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 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
- 2.0 (mh), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-11-05 04:39:38 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.458° N, 115.245° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.0 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 216°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.947km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15671 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.526km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15670 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.447km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15670 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.848km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15664 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.424km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15664 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.224km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15664 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.824km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15664 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.724km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15664 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.756km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15663 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.78km S of Brawley, CA · 15663 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.56km S of Brawley, CA · 15662 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.56km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.56km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.96km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.221km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15661 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.95km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.64km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.55km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.06km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.75km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.66km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.85km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.45km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.05km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.25km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.35km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.75km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.86km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.25km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.15km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.56km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.26km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.76km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.86km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.46km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.06km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.36km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.85km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.96km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.86km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.96km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.64km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.66km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.86km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.35km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.76km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.36km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.75km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.15km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.15km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.95km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.86km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.35km E of Westmorland, CA · 15661 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.04km E of Westmorland, CA · 15660 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.04km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 15660 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.25km E of Westmorland, CA · 15660 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.05km E of Westmorland, CA · 15660 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.25km E of Westmorland, CA · 15660 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.95km E of Westmorland, CA · 15660 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.14km NNW of Brawley, CA · 15660 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 153.
Before
- 2.850km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15672 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.957km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15673 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15674 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.756km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15675 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.73km WSW of Brawley, CA · 15676 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.847km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15677 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.512km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 15677 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.814km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 15677 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.612km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 15677 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.713km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 15677 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.013km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 15677 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.79km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15678 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.910km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15678 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.88km SE of Niland, CA · 15679 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.58km SW of Holtville, CA · 15680 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.08km SW of Holtville, CA · 15682 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.68km SW of Holtville, CA · 15682 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.211km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 15683 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.923km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15684 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.49km SSW of Holtville, CA · 15685 days ago · 15 km deep · 35 km away
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