M2.6 earthquake 24km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 24km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX on Mon, Dec 8, 1986, 10:24 PM PST (06:24 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 11km WNW of Delta, 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
- 2.6 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-12-09 06:24:59 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.385° N, 115.683° 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
- 80°
- 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: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.86km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14545 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.54km S of Brawley, CA · 14543 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.67km SSE of Brawley, CA · 14543 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.624km ESE of Julian, CA · 14542 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.018km SE of Campo, CA · 14542 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.02km W of Brawley, CA · 14542 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.118km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14542 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.46km SW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 14541 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.032km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14539 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.773km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14538 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.84km W of Brawley, CA · 14538 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.56km W of Brawley, CA · 14538 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.97km SW of Holtville, CA · 14536 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.936km SSE of Campo, CA · 14536 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.13km WSW of Brawley, CA · 14535 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.119km S of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 14534 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.914km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14533 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.623km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14532 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.62km NNW of Brawley, CA · 14531 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.225km S of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14530 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.722km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14529 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.521km WSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14526 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.014km W of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.014km W of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.914km W of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.014km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.514km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.410km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.714km W of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.611km SW of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.313km W of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.815km W of Westmorland, CA · 14525 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.914km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14525 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.215km W of Westmorland, CA · 14523 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.46km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 14523 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.65km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14523 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.220km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14522 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.912km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14522 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.44km WNW of Brawley, CA · 14522 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.020km ESE of Julian, CA · 14522 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.424km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 14521 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.55km WSW of Pine Valley, CA · 14521 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.123km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14519 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.111km WSW of El Centro, CA · 14518 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.010km WSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14518 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.922km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14517 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.213km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14517 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.323km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14516 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.314km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14515 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.813km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14515 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.515km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14515 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.313km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14515 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.914km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14515 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.013km WSW of Niland, CA · 14515 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.813km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14515 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.22km WSW of Brawley, CA · 14515 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.015km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14515 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.47km WSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14515 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.949km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14514 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.932km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14514 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
The first 60 of 135.
Before
- 2.116km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14545 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.333km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14545 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.044km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14545 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.670km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14545 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.72km E of Brawley, CA · 14545 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.154km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14546 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.823km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14546 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.421km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 14546 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.58km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14546 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.712km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14546 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.211km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14546 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.624km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 14547 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.712km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 14547 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.023km ESE of Julian, CA · 14548 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.327km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14549 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.242km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14552 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.76km SW of Holtville, CA · 14552 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.25km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14553 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.811km W of Niland, CA · 14553 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.63km WSW of Brawley, CA · 14554 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
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