M2.5 earthquake 11km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 11km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX on Tue, Oct 4, 1983, 4:56 AM PDT (11:56 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
- 2.5 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-10-04 11:56:12 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.516° N, 115.461° 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: 191 in the 60 days after this one and 106 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.74km WSW of Brawley, CA · 15707 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.811km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15706 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.18km SW of Salton City, CA · 15705 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.310km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15705 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.924km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 15704 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.410km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15704 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.75km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 15704 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.856km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15703 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.748km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15703 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.755km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15703 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.915km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15702 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.07km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15702 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.450km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15702 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.78km NE of Imperial, CA · 15700 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.88km SSW of Bombay Beach, CA · 15700 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.741km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15700 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.441km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15699 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.85km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 15698 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.012km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15698 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.441km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15698 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.82km SSW of Westmorland, CA · 15697 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.648km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15696 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.33km SE of Brawley, CA · 15696 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.74km SE of Brawley, CA · 15696 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.42km SE of Brawley, CA · 15696 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.23km SE of Brawley, CA · 15696 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.661km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15695 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.740km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15695 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.59km SW of Holtville, CA · 15694 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.843km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15694 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.86km S of Salton City, CA · 15694 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.64km S of Salton City, CA · 15693 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.210km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15693 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.83km N of Brawley, CA · 15692 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.862km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15691 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.360km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15691 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.558km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15691 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.96km S of Salton City, CA · 15691 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.662km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15690 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.068km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15690 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.753km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15690 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.18km SSW of Holtville, CA · 15690 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.49km SSW of Holtville, CA · 15690 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.552km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15688 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.923km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15688 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.211km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 15687 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.641km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15687 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.411km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15686 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.68km SW of Holtville, CA · 15686 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.08km SW of Holtville, CA · 15686 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.58km SW of Holtville, CA · 15685 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.111km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15684 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.66km S of Salton City, CA · 15684 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.55km SSE of Salton City, CA · 15684 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.88km SE of Niland, CA · 15683 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.910km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15683 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.911km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15682 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.79km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 15682 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.013km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 15681 days ago · 0 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.713km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 15681 days ago · 0 km deep · 76 km away
The first 60 of 191.
Before
- 1.937km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15707 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.822km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15707 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.523km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15707 days ago · 13 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.670km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15707 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.823km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 15708 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.020km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15708 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.847km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15708 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.554km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15708 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.854km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15709 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.752km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15709 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.921km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 15711 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.354km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15711 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.449km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.850km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.051km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.048km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15712 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.719km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 15712 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.540km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15712 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.658km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.556km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15713 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
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