Mexico earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 23km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 23km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Thu, May 9, 1985, 10:23 AM PDT (17:23 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 69km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mc), micro
Local time
UTC
1985-05-09 17:23:22 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.938° N, 116.389° 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
287°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.765km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15118 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.876km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15118 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.051km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15118 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 4.669km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15118 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 3.669km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15118 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.672km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15118 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.870km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15118 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.246km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15118 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 3.772km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15118 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.448km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.754km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.571km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.868km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.772km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.771km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 2.270km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 3.173km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.972km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.770km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.773km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.370km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  22. 2.670km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 2.871km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.972km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15117 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.469km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15116 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 2.268km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15116 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.367km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15116 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.264km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15116 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.871km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15116 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.664km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15116 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.570km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15116 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.169km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15115 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 2.251km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15115 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 2.370km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15115 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 3.171km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15115 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 3.572km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15115 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 2.369km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15114 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 3.270km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15114 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 2.972km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15114 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  40. 2.421km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15114 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 2.767km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15114 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  42. 3.376km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15114 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 2.770km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15114 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.471km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15114 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 2.273km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15113 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.771km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15113 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.935km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15113 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 2.573km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15113 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.470km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15113 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 2.368km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15113 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 2.772km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15113 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.362km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15113 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.567km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15113 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.369km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15112 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 2.654km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15112 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  56. 2.672km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15112 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  57. 2.470km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15111 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 2.562km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15111 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 2.570km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15111 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 2.136km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15110 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

  1. 2.466km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.872km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.268km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.872km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 3.233km SW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.572km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.87km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 15119 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.769km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.469km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.670km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 2.870km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.771km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.270km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 3.671km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.672km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.567km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.269km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.265km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.962km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 4.070km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 15119 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci65942. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:21 AM UTC.