M2.5 earthquake 33km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 33km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX on Mon, Jul 4, 1988, 12:43 AM PDT (07:43 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.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-07-04 07:43:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.280° N, 116.534° 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
- 134°
- 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: 152 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13967 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.715km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13966 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.434km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX · 13966 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.920km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 13966 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.112km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13965 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.873km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13965 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.06km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13964 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.48km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13963 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.956km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13962 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.97km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13960 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.736km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13960 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.18km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13960 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.527km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 13960 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.133km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13959 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.56km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13959 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.05km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13959 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.811km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 13958 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.57km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13958 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.22km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13958 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.56km S of Ocotillo, CA · 13958 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.24km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13957 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.831km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13956 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.033km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13956 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.634km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13956 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.033km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13956 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.632km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13955 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13955 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.912km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13955 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.98km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13955 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.025km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13955 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.953km SW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 13954 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.937km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13954 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.310km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13953 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.325km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13952 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.810km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13952 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.028km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13952 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.17km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 13952 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.958km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13951 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.224km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13951 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.816km W of Coronado, CA · 13950 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.65km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13948 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.055km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13948 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.110km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13947 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.118km NNW of Ocotillo, CA · 13947 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.410km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13946 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.010km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13946 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.610km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13946 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.857km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13946 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.810km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13945 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.212km E of Julian, CA · 13945 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.310km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13945 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.03km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13945 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.63km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13945 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.429km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13944 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.525km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13943 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.626km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 13943 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.419km NE of Pine Valley, CA · 13942 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.557km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13942 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.82km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13942 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.415km SSE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13942 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
The first 60 of 152.
Before
- 2.58km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 13967 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.734km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13968 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.13km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13968 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.955km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13969 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.067km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13969 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.221km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 13969 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.42km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13969 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.737km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13969 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.89km ESE of Julian, CA · 13970 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.627km ESE of Campo, CA · 13970 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.16km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13970 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.156km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13970 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.127km ESE of Campo, CA · 13971 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.76km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 13972 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.736km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13973 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.632km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 13973 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.958km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 13973 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.171km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 13974 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.322km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 13976 days ago · 11 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.23km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 13976 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
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