Mexico earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 34km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 34km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Sat, Aug 27, 1988, 12:04 AM PDT (07:04 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (Mh), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
1988-08-27 07:04:50 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.113° N, 116.394° 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
270°, 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: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.353km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13915 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 1.67km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13914 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 1.73km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13914 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.862km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13913 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.072km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13913 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.972km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13913 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.059km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13913 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 3.268km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 1.74km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13912 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  10. 2.136km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13912 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 5.373km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.961km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 3.371km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 1.871km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.571km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.070km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 3.671km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.073km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 3.471km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.873km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.172km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13911 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 3.268km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13910 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.272km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13910 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 3.472km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13910 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.071km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13910 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.622km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 13910 days ago · 12 km deep · 90 km away
  27. 3.529km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13909 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 1.929km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13909 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 3.070km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13908 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 2.140km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13908 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 3.030km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13908 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 3.167km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13908 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 3.272km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13907 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 2.168km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13906 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  35. 2.172km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13906 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.171km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13906 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 2.067km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13906 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  38. 2.029km E of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 13906 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 1.872km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13906 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  40. 2.95km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13905 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.02km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13905 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  42. 3.024km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13902 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 3.79km SSE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13902 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 3.38km SSE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13902 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 1.972km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13901 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.56km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13901 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 1.926km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 13900 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 2.170km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13900 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 3.068km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13899 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 1.716km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13899 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 2.057km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 13897 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.44km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13897 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 1.76km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13897 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.224km ESE of Julian, CA · 13895 days ago · 11 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 3.059km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13895 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.871km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13895 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 2.068km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13894 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.954km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13894 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.059km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13894 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 3.235km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13893 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 119.

Before

  1. 1.55km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13916 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.78km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13916 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 3.221km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13917 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.415km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13917 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.515km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 13917 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.85km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 13918 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.728km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13918 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 1.510km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13919 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.772km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13919 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.242km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13920 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.38km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13921 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.221km N of Ocotillo, CA · 13922 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.611km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 13922 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.87km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13923 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.68km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13923 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.18km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13923 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  17. 2.48km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13923 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 3.18km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13923 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.68km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13923 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.125km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13924 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away

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