M1.5 earthquake 6km S of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6km S of Delta, B.C., MX on Fri, Apr 8, 1988, 6:24 AM PDT (13:24 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 9km NW of Imperial, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (mh), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-04-08 13:24:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.297° N, 115.191° 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
- 257°, 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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.39km NW of Imperial, CA · 14030 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.19km NW of Imperial, CA · 14030 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.715km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 14030 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.115km E of Ocotillo, CA · 14030 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.64km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14030 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.611km NW of Imperial, CA · 14030 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.716km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14030 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.02km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14030 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.41km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14030 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.715km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14030 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.816km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14030 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.016km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14029 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.621km SW of Westmorland, CA · 14029 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.910km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14029 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.98km N of Westmorland, CA · 14029 days ago · 0 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.92km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14029 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14028 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.013km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14028 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.715km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14028 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.54km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14027 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.95km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14027 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.85km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14027 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.65km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14027 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.216km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14027 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.08km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 14027 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.020km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14026 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.21km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 14026 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.02km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14025 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.44km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14025 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.211km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14025 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.611km WSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14025 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.073km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14025 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.512km NW of Imperial, CA · 14025 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.512km NW of Imperial, CA · 14025 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.415km W of Imperial, CA · 14025 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.810km NW of Imperial, CA · 14025 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.011km WNW of Imperial, CA · 14025 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.813km NW of Imperial, CA · 14025 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.212km NW of Imperial, CA · 14025 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.52km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14025 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.713km NW of Imperial, CA · 14025 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.712km NW of Imperial, CA · 14025 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.221km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14024 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.712km NW of Imperial, CA · 14024 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.811km WNW of Imperial, CA · 14024 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.52km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14024 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.41km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14024 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.119km W of Westmorland, CA · 14024 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.12km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14024 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.42km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14024 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.83km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14024 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.63km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 14024 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.513km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14023 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.12km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 14022 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.514km W of Westmorland, CA · 14022 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.066km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14022 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.068km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14022 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.68km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 14022 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.612km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 14021 days ago · 13 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.64km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 14021 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
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