Mexico earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 51km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 51km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX on Thu, May 19, 1983, 10:16 AM PDT (17:16 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 64km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mh), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-05-19 17:16:54 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.161° N, 115.800° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
246°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.072km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15836 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.546km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15835 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 2.016km W of Imperial, CA · 15835 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.714km W of Imperial, CA · 15835 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.726km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15835 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.88km WSW of Holtville, CA · 15835 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 2.554km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15834 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.153km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15834 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 1.98km SW of Holtville, CA · 15834 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.38km SW of Holtville, CA · 15834 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.98km SW of Holtville, CA · 15834 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.98km SW of Holtville, CA · 15834 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.68km SW of Holtville, CA · 15834 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 2.610km S of Holtville, CA · 15834 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 3.964km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15834 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.810km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15834 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.89km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15834 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.754km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15833 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.253km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15833 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 1.936km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15832 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.351km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15832 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.25km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 15831 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  23. 2.554km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15831 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 2.954km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15831 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.423km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15831 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  26. 1.623km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15831 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.352km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15830 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  28. 2.253km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15829 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 3.089km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15827 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.538km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15827 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.070km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15825 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  32. 2.77km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15825 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 1.84km SSW of Brawley, CA · 15824 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.05km S of Brawley, CA · 15824 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
  35. 2.05km SE of Westmorland, CA · 15824 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.352km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15824 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 2.112km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 15823 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 1.937km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15822 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 1.749km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15821 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 2.648km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15821 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 3.59 km NE of Nuevo Michoacán (Estación Riíto), Mexico · 15820 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  42. 3.351 km SW of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), Mexico · 15820 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.247km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15820 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 3.362 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 15820 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.690km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15819 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 2.679km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15819 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 2.488km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15819 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 3.054km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15819 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 2.154km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15818 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.555km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15818 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.13km N of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15817 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 1.961km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15817 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.847km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15817 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 1.816km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 15816 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.62km S of Delta, B.C., MX · 15816 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 2.311km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15816 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  57. 2.459km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15816 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 3.765 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 15815 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 3.189km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15815 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 2.995km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15815 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 1.942km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15836 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.648km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15837 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.747km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15838 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 3.150km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15840 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.551km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15843 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.414km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15843 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.553km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15843 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.148km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15843 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.348km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15846 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.722km SW of Westmorland, CA · 15846 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.655km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15846 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.858km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15846 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 3.055km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15846 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.255km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15846 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.68km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 15847 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 3.09km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 15847 days ago · 14 km deep · 100 km away
  17. 1.626km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15848 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.74km WSW of Brawley, CA · 15849 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 1.83km WNW of Brawley, CA · 15849 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.052km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15849 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci1108087. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:29 AM UTC.