M1.6 earthquake 15km ENE of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15km ENE of Delta, B.C., MX on Thu, Jul 7, 1988, 2:36 AM PDT (09:36 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 73km 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
- 1.6 (Mc), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-07-07 09:36:53 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.424° N, 115.059° 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
- 254°, 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 107 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.715km ENE of Delta, B.C., MX · 13968 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.615km SW of Hermosillo, B.C., MX · 13968 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.06km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13968 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.86km N of Westmorland, CA · 13967 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.819km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13967 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.48km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13967 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.956km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13966 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.08km NW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13965 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.113km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13965 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.118km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13964 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.118km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13964 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13964 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.89km W of Imperial, CA · 13964 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.736km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13964 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.18km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13963 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.56km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13963 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.05km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13962 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.57km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13962 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.22km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13962 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.56km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13962 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.24km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13960 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.96km N of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 13960 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.115km WNW of Westmorland, CA · 13959 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13959 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.98km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13959 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.310km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13957 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.17km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13956 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.120km W of Westmorland, CA · 13955 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.313km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13954 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.016km W of Westmorland, CA · 13954 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.018km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13952 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.65km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13952 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.055km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13952 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.110km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13951 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.410km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13950 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.010km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13950 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.610km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13950 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.014km W of Westmorland, CA · 13950 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.010km SW of Niland, CA · 13950 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.810km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13949 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.310km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13949 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.03km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13949 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.63km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13948 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.515km SW of Westmorland, CA · 13948 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.119km SW of Westmorland, CA · 13947 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.82km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13946 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.310km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13946 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.111km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13945 days ago · 14 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.171km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13945 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.810km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13945 days ago · 15 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.518km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13945 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.818km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13945 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.818km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13945 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.916km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13945 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.69km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13945 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.32km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 13944 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.562km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13944 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.719km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13944 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.320km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13944 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.35km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13943 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 173.
Before
- 1.614km NE of Delta, B.C., MX · 13968 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.873km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13968 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.713km ENE of Delta, B.C., MX · 13969 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.517km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13969 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.817km SW of Westmorland, CA · 13969 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.920km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 13970 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.219km W of Westmorland, CA · 13970 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.715km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13970 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.920km W of Westmorland, CA · 13971 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.916km SW of Westmorland, CA · 13971 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.111km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13971 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.58km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13971 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.810km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13972 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.911km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13972 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.110km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13972 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.218km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 13972 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.712km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13972 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.311km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13972 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.910km WNW of Imperial, CA · 13972 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.13km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13972 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
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