M1.8 earthquake 47km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 47km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Sun, Oct 30, 1983, 1:23 AM PST (09:23 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 35km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-10-30 09:23:52 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.973° N, 116.136° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 314°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 72 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.756km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15676 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.855km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15676 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.957km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15673 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.850km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15673 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.740km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15671 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.012km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15671 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.947km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15671 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.447km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15670 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.848km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15665 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.747km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15664 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.756km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15664 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.440km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15661 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.238km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX · 15660 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.49km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15660 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.953km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15658 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.835km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15657 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.078km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15655 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.079km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15655 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.017km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15655 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.022km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15655 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.750km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15655 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.822km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15655 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.853km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15654 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.976km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15654 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.38km W of Heber, CA · 15653 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.649km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15651 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.649km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15651 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.742km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15651 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.037km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15650 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.540km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15648 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.639km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15648 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.830km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15647 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.870km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15647 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.749km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15647 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.531km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15646 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.098km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.433km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.246km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15644 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.39km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15642 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.010km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15642 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.931km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15642 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.749km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15641 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.550km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15640 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.732km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15637 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.053km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15636 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.750km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15636 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.950km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15636 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.510km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15636 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.258km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15635 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.822km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 15632 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.759km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15632 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.048km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15631 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.751km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15630 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.638km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15630 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.758km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15629 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.441km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15629 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.34km S of Pine Valley, CA · 15628 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.32km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15628 days ago · 15 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.36km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15628 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.015km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 15628 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
The first 60 of 72.
Before
- 1.79km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15678 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.910km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15679 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.185km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15681 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.16km SE of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 15682 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.641km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15683 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.552km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15684 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.753km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15686 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.068km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15686 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.662km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15687 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.558km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15687 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.360km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15687 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.862km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15688 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.927km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15688 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.523km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15688 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.920km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15688 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.228km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15690 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.843km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15690 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.740km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15691 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.661km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15691 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.326km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15691 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
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