M2.4 earthquake 12km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 12km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX on Fri, Oct 9, 1987, 11:37 PM PDT (06:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.6 The 1987 Superstition Hills, California Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-10-10 06:37:18 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.483° N, 115.520° 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
- 255°, 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: 173 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.610km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14234 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.313km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14234 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.89km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14234 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.08km W of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14234 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.312km ESE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14233 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.611km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14233 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.99km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14233 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.912km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14232 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.28km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14232 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.213km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14232 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.937km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14231 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.016km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14231 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.25km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14231 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.323km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 14230 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.73km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14230 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.96km S of Brawley, CA · 14229 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.75km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14229 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.14km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14228 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.236km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14228 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.315km WNW of Imperial, CA · 14227 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.970km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14226 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.067km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14226 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.912km SW of Salton City, CA · 14226 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.865km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14225 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.971km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14225 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.869km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14224 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.744km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14224 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.47km SW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14224 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.613km S of Bombay Beach, CA · 14223 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.069km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14222 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.411km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14221 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.98km S of Brawley, CA · 14219 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.710km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14219 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.965km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14218 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.162km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14218 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.428km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14216 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.725km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14216 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.425km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 14215 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.848km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14213 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.071km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14212 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.114km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14211 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.217km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14211 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.521km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14210 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.821km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14210 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.168km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14207 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.27km SW of Holtville, CA · 14206 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.924km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14205 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.735km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14205 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.112km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14204 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.82km NNE of Delta, B.C., MX · 14204 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.16km S of Salton City, CA · 14204 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.08km SW of Niland, CA · 14203 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.28km SW of Niland, CA · 14203 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.55km NNW of Brawley, CA · 14203 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.79km ESE of Holtville, CA · 14203 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.63km WNW of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 14202 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.921km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14202 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.112km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14202 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.325km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14201 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.78km WSW of Heber, CA · 14201 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of 173.
Before
- 1.94km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14235 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.312km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14236 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.65km SSE of Brawley, CA · 14237 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.73km SSE of Brawley, CA · 14237 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.88km SSE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14239 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.424km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14239 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.012km WSW of Salton City, CA · 14239 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.112km WSW of Salton City, CA · 14239 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.824km ESE of Julian, CA · 14242 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.13km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 14242 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.86km ENE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14243 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.253km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14244 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.258km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14244 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.257km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14247 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.115km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX · 14248 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.07km S of Brawley, CA · 14248 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.821km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14249 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.85km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 14249 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.122km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14250 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.868km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14253 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
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