M2.3 earthquake 19km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 19km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX on Sun, Jul 19, 1987, 3:04 AM PDT (10:04 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 5km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA. 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
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-19 10:04:44 UTC
- Depth
- 13.2 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.695° N, 115.740° 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
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 243°, 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: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.35km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14309 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.554km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14309 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.96km ENE of Imperial, CA · 14308 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.419km E of Julian, CA · 14307 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.220km E of Julian, CA · 14307 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.914km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14307 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.120km E of Julian, CA · 14307 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.529km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14306 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.313km W of Niland, CA · 14306 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.013km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14306 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.721km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14306 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.113km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14305 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.97km S of Brawley, CA · 14305 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.96km WSW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14305 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.628km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14305 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.816km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14305 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.029km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14304 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.756km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14304 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.422km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14303 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.324km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14303 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.210km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14302 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.323km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14302 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.02km SSW of Brawley, CA · 14302 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.012km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14302 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.070km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14301 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.021km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14301 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.012km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14301 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.621km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14301 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.05km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14300 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.97km E of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14300 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.714km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14300 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.130km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14299 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.45km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14299 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.22km W of Brawley, CA · 14299 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.921km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14296 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.310km SSE of Salton City, CA · 14296 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.012km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14296 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.13km WNW of Borrego Springs, CA · 14295 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.910km SW of Salton City, CA · 14295 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.015km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14294 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.96km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 14293 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.114km ESE of North Shore, CA · 14293 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.011km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14293 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.914km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14293 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.945km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14292 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.13km SW of Salton City, CA · 14292 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.216km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14291 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.96km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14291 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.910km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 14291 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.87km SW of Holtville, CA · 14291 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.77km SW of Holtville, CA · 14291 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.87km SW of Holtville, CA · 14291 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.021km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14290 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.264km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14290 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.158km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14290 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.762km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14290 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.131km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14290 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.913km NNW of Westmorland, CA · 14290 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.69km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14290 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.28km N of Delta, B.C., MX · 14290 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 153.
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