Mexico earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 69km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 69km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Wed, Sep 14, 1983, 3:04 AM PDT (10:04 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 98km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (mh), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-09-14 10:04:03 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.018° N, 115.907° 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 4.5 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.28
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
273°, 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: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.110km ENE of Mexicali, B.C., MX · 15722 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.049km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15722 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.656km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15721 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.749km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15721 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 2.256km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15720 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.451km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15720 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.240km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15720 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.149km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15719 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.813km NE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 15719 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 3.154km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15719 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.649km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15719 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.650km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15719 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.650km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15718 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.830km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX · 15717 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.849km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15717 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.155km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15716 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 1.620km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15716 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.851km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15716 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 3.335km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15716 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.040km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15715 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 2.389km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15715 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 2.550km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15715 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.050km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15715 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 1.956km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15714 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 2.230km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15714 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  26. 1.58km ENE of El Centro, CA · 15713 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  27. 1.85km NNE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15713 days ago · 17 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.349km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15712 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 2.150km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.449km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 1.748km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 2.875km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.044km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15711 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 2.326km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 1.54km N of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15710 days ago · 18 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.049km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15709 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 2.556km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15709 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 2.658km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15708 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.540km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15708 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 2.048km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15707 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 2.051km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15707 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 2.850km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15707 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.449km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15707 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 2.354km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15706 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 1.752km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15704 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 1.854km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15704 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  47. 2.554km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15704 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 1.847km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15704 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  49. 1.859km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15703 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 2.670km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15703 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 1.937km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15703 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 2.511km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15702 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 1.856km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15699 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.748km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15699 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 2.755km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15698 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.915km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15698 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  57. 3.498km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15698 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.450km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15697 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 2.987km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15697 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  60. 2.741km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15695 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 1.847km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15723 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.945km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15723 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.113km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15724 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.554km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15725 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.151km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15725 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.149km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15725 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.249km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15725 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.954km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15725 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.59km SSW of Holtville, CA · 15725 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.239km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 15726 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.112km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15726 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.353km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15726 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.451km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15726 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.050km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15726 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.249km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15727 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 1.78km SSW of Holtville, CA · 15727 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 2.451km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15727 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 3.4116km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15728 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.223km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15728 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.624km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15729 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci21696. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:41 PM UTC.