M2.6 earthquake 29km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 29km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Sat, Oct 4, 1986, 1:26 AM PDT (08:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 4km NW of Imperial Beach, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-10-04 08:26:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.093° N, 116.455° 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
- 180°
- 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: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.956km S of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14609 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.254km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14609 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.27km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14608 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.634km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14608 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.474km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14607 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.040km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14606 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.519km SW of Coronado, CA · 14605 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.734km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14605 days ago · 19 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.433km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX · 14604 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.331km ENE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14603 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.029km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14602 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.136km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14601 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.03km NW of Coronado, CA · 14601 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.932km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14601 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.227km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14600 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.712km W of Imperial Beach, CA · 14600 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.223km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14600 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.333km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX · 14599 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.318km SE of Julian, CA · 14599 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.98km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14599 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.223km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14598 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.224km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14598 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.738km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14597 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.015km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 14597 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.167km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14596 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.315km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 14596 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.527km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14595 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.731km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14594 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.645km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14593 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.526km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14593 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.88km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 14592 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.373km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14591 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.127km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14591 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.614km SE of Campo, CA · 14590 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.79km W of Ocotillo, CA · 14590 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.784km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14589 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.54km NW of Imperial Beach, CA · 14585 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.23km NNW of Imperial Beach, CA · 14585 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.35km SSW of National City, CA · 14585 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.64km NW of Chula Vista, CA · 14585 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.141km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14585 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.35km N of Imperial Beach, CA · 14584 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.622km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14582 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.937km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 14579 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.59km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 14579 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.429km W of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 14578 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.452km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14577 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.914km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14576 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.329km SE of Campo, CA · 14575 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.624km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14574 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.818km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14573 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.614km WSW of Heber, CA · 14573 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.813km WSW of Heber, CA · 14573 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.514km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14573 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.613km WSW of Heber, CA · 14572 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.746km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14572 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.152km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14571 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.423km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 14571 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.245km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14570 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.569km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14570 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
The first 60 of 70.
Before
- 2.928km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14611 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.742km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14612 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.628km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 14612 days ago · 19 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.924km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14613 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.250km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14613 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.317km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14616 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.827km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14617 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.04km ESE of Coronado, CA · 14618 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.536km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14621 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.531km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14622 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.94km WNW of National City, CA · 14623 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.869km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14624 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.118km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 14626 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.124km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14626 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.28km SSW of Coronado, CA · 14627 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.352km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14628 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.624km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14629 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.127km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14629 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.729km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14629 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.016km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14629 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
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