M2.3 earthquake 31km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 31km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Fri, Aug 29, 1986, 11:36 AM PDT (18:36 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 38km 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
- 2.3 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-08-29 18:36:38 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.118° N, 116.480° 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
- 311°, 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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.017km SW of Coronado, CA · 14646 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.464km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14645 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.222km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14645 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.622km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14644 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.517km SW of Coronado, CA · 14644 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.235km SW of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14641 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.416km SW of Coronado, CA · 14640 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.316km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14638 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.918km SW of Coronado, CA · 14638 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.670km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14637 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.516km WSW of Imperial Beach, CA · 14636 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.612km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14635 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.165km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14635 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.855km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14635 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.757km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14635 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.350km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14635 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.028km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14635 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.322km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14634 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.752km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14632 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.250km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14632 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.016km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14629 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.729km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14629 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.127km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14629 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.624km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14629 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.352km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14629 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.28km SSW of Coronado, CA · 14628 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.124km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14626 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.118km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14626 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.869km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14624 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.94km WNW of National City, CA · 14623 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.531km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14623 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.536km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14622 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.04km ESE of Coronado, CA · 14618 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.827km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14617 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.317km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14617 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.250km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14613 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.924km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14613 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.628km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14612 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.742km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14612 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.928km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14612 days ago · 18 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.629km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14610 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.254km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14609 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.27km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14609 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.634km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14608 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.474km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14608 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.040km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14607 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.519km SW of Coronado, CA · 14606 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.734km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14605 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.433km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX · 14604 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.331km ENE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14604 days ago · 14 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.029km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14602 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.136km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14602 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.03km NW of Coronado, CA · 14602 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.932km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14601 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.227km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14600 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.222km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14600 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.522km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14600 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.522km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14600 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.323km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14600 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.122km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14600 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 84.
Before
- 2.24km WSW of Coronado, CA · 14646 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.118km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14647 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.418km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14647 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.729km WSW of Imperial Beach, CA · 14647 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.517km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14647 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.517km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14650 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.819km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14650 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.952km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14652 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.418km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14652 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.753km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14654 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.554km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14654 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.617km SE of Julian, CA · 14655 days ago · 0 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.130km NE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 14656 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.322km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14656 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.070km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14658 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.526km SW of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14662 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.822km SW of Coronado, CA · 14664 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.320km SW of Coronado, CA · 14664 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.322km WSW of Imperial Beach, CA · 14664 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.045km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14665 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
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