M1.5 earthquake 21km W of Progreso, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 21km W of Progreso, B.C., MX on Sat, Feb 27, 1988, 11:14 PM PST (07:14 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 10km SSW of Ocotillo, CA. 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
- 1.5 (mh), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-02-28 07:14:51 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.608° N, 115.802° 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
- 294°, 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: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.210km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14049 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.312km SE of Bombay Beach, CA · 14049 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.012km SSW of Salton City, CA · 14049 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.971km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14048 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.51km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 14048 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.117km W of Westmorland, CA · 14048 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.615km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14048 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.220km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14048 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.15km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 14048 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.071km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14047 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.322km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 14047 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.322km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14047 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.712km WSW of Niland, CA · 14047 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.04km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14047 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.05km SE of Salton City, CA · 14047 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.52km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14047 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.059km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14046 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.612km WNW of Imperial, CA · 14046 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.56km S of Delta, B.C., MX · 14046 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.22km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14046 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.012km N of Borrego Springs, CA · 14046 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.921km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 14046 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.214km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14046 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.019km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14046 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.112km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14046 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.010km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14046 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.872km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14046 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.071km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 14045 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.816km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14045 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.316km SW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 14045 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.12km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14045 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.05km S of Ocotillo, CA · 14045 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.118km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14045 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.972km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 14045 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.741km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14045 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.317km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14045 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.712km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 14045 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.631km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX · 14045 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.016km W of Westmorland, CA · 14044 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.52km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14044 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.811km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14044 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.612km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 14044 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.810km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14044 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.62km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14044 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.212km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 14044 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.857km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 14044 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.218km W of Westmorland, CA · 14043 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.111km SSW of Salton City, CA · 14043 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.88km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14043 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.19km WNW of Imperial, CA · 14043 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.210km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 14043 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.59km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14043 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.818km W of Westmorland, CA · 14043 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.222km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 14043 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.711km WNW of Imperial, CA · 14043 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.926km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 14043 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.719km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 14042 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.45km SW of Bombay Beach, CA · 14042 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.74km SSW of Bombay Beach, CA · 14042 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.81km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 14042 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
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