M1.9 earthquake 5km W of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5km W of Delta, B.C., MX on Fri, May 2, 1986, 1:35 AM PDT (08:35 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 10km SSE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, 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
- 1.9 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-02 08:35:42 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.347° N, 115.244° 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
- 236°, 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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.37km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 14764 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.646km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14763 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.790km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14763 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.666km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14763 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.616km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14762 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.576km S of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 14762 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.814km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14761 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.78km SSW of Holtville, CA · 14761 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.152km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14761 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.817km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14761 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.817km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14760 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.968km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14758 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.472km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14758 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.640km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14757 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.991km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14756 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 14756 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.023km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14756 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.97km SW of Heber, CA · 14756 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.223km N of Ocotillo, CA · 14755 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.413km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14755 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.610km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14755 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.545km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14755 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.245km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14754 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.671km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14754 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.623km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14753 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.76km W of Brawley, CA · 14753 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.782km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14752 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.915km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14752 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.552km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14752 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.671km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14750 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.649km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14750 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.649km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14750 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.544km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14749 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Imperial, CA · 14749 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.77km S of Brawley, CA · 14748 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.318km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14746 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.013km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14746 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.023km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14745 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.68km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 14745 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.920km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14744 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.12km N of Brawley, CA · 14743 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.11km NNW of Brawley, CA · 14743 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.51km ENE of Brawley, CA · 14743 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.61km N of Brawley, CA · 14743 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.28km SW of Holtville, CA · 14742 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.362km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14742 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.468km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14741 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.85km S of Brawley, CA · 14741 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.34km S of Brawley, CA · 14741 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.99km WSW of El Centro, CA · 14741 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.565km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14739 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.259km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14739 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.964km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14739 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.257km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14739 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66km SW of Holtville, CA · 14739 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.664km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14738 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.476km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14738 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.97km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14737 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.26km W of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 14731 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.911km SSW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 14731 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 96.
Before
- 2.012km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 14765 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.46km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 14765 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.64km SW of Brawley, CA · 14765 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.13km WSW of Brawley, CA · 14765 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.252km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14767 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.456km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14767 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.68km W of Holtville, CA · 14768 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.238km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14768 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.816km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.645km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14770 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.846km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14770 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.014km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14770 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.813km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14770 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.113km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14770 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.014km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14770 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.314km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14770 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.714km NNW of Westmorland, CA · 14770 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.513km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14770 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.613km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14770 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.514km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14770 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
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