M2.1 earthquake 36km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 36km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Tue, Aug 30, 1988, 11:15 AM PDT (18:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 73km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. 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
- 2.1 (Mh), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-08-30 18:15:58 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.025° N, 116.282° 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
- 195°, 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: 114 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.373km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.961km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.371km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.871km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.571km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.070km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.671km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.073km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.471km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.873km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.172km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.268km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.272km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.472km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.071km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.622km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 13911 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.529km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13910 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.929km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13910 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.715km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 13910 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.070km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13909 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.140km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13909 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.314km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 13909 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.030km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13909 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.167km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13909 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.272km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13908 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.168km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13908 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.172km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13907 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.171km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13907 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.067km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13907 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.029km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 13907 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.872km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13907 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.95km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13906 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.02km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13906 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.012km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 13905 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.413km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 13905 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.024km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13903 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.79km SSE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13903 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.38km SSE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13903 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.972km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13902 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.56km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13902 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.170km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13901 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.068km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13900 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.716km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13900 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.057km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 13898 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.44km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13898 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.76km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13898 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.059km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13896 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.871km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13896 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.068km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13895 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.954km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13895 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.059km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13895 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.235km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13894 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.271km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13893 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.67km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13893 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.715km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13892 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.314km N of Ocotillo, CA · 13892 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.419km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 13892 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.072km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13891 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.247km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 13891 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.218km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 13890 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 114.
Before
- 1.74km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13913 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.268km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13913 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.059km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13914 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.972km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13914 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.072km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13914 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.862km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13914 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.73km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13915 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.67km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13915 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.353km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13916 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.534km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13917 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.55km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13917 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.78km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13917 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.221km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13918 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.415km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13918 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.515km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 13918 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.85km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 13919 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.728km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13919 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.510km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13920 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.772km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13920 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.242km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13921 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
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