Mexico earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 44km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 44km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX on Tue, Dec 10, 2002, 1:04 PM PST (21:04 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 74km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (ML, local (Richter)), light
Magnitude from: Southern California Seismic Network
Local time: Tue, Dec 10, 2002, 1:04 PM PST
UTC: 2002-12-10 21:04:00 UTC
Depth: 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 32.232° N, 115.798° W
Region: Mexico
Felt reports: 473
Strongest shaking: V, moderate shaking
PAGER alert: Green
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
4.84	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±1.178 · 104 stations
4.7	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · 15 stations

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Ensenada, Mexicali, Rosarito and Tecate. Felt (IV) at Escondido; (III) at Calexico, El Cajon, El Centro, Lakeside and San Diego; (II) at Carlsbad, Chula Vista, La Jolla and Spring Valley, California.

From the USGS event page for ci13917260. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: V, moderate shaking
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

473 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 2.0 km horizontally, 20.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±1.18
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 219°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 21

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 100.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci13917260 (also filed as usp000bkfj). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 6:33 AM UTC.