M2.2 earthquake 13km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 13km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX on Mon, May 4, 1987, 1:02 PM PDT (20:02 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 69km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-05-04 20:02:40 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.479° N, 115.263° 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
- 127°
- 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: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.969km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14376 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.763km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14375 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.611km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14375 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.467km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14375 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.965km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14374 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.820km SW of Westmorland, CA · 14374 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.519km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14374 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.420km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14374 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.465km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14373 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.612km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 14373 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.072km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14372 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.36km NE of Imperial, CA · 14372 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.219km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14372 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.220km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14371 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.07km SSW of Calipatria, CA · 14371 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.90km SSW of Brawley, CA · 14370 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.813km WSW of Niland, CA · 14369 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.912km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14369 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.113km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14369 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.320km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 14368 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.99km WSW of Niland, CA · 14366 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.116km W of Westmorland, CA · 14365 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.311km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14365 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.811km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14365 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.411km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14365 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.311km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14365 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.611km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14365 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.112km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14365 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.411km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14365 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.312km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14364 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.96km NW of Calipatria, CA · 14363 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.06km NW of Calipatria, CA · 14363 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.86km NW of Calipatria, CA · 14363 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.16km NW of Calipatria, CA · 14363 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.96km NW of Calipatria, CA · 14363 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.36km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14362 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.056km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14361 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.012km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14361 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.012km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14360 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.012km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14360 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.08km W of Holtville, CA · 14359 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.04km W of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 14359 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.960km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14358 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.312km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14356 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.611km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14355 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.416km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14353 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.413km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14353 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.314km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14353 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.138km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14351 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.510km W of Calipatria, CA · 14350 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.014km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 14349 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.815km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14349 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.616km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14349 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.916km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14349 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.514km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14349 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.116km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14349 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.916km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14349 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.218km W of Westmorland, CA · 14349 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.812km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14348 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.95km WSW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 14348 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
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