M2.4 earthquake 40km SW of Maneadero, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 40km SW of Maneadero, B.C., MX on Wed, Oct 9, 2002, 8:00 PM PDT (03:00 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 27km ENE of Maneadero, 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
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-10-10 03:00:21 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.469° N, 116.879° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.4 km horizontally, 3.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 323°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.649km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8735 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.034km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8727 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.456km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8720 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.035km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8712 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.634km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8712 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.234km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8711 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.827km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8710 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.533km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8708 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.135km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8707 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
Before
- 2.435km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8762 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.945km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8772 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.537km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8773 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.233km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8784 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.922km NNW of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 8788 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.120km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8789 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci9849073. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:58 AM UTC.