M1.9 earthquake 17km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 17km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX on Tue, Sep 3, 2002, 11:57 PM PDT (06:57 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 9km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-09-04 06:57:03 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.633° N, 115.757° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 190°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 20
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.99km SW of Niland, CA · 8795 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.612km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 8795 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.230km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8794 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.432km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8794 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.612km ESE of Julian, CA · 8792 days ago · 14 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.46km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8792 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.816km SSW of Borrego Springs, CA · 8792 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.36km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 8792 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.75km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 8792 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.018km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8791 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.618km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8791 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.718km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8791 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.312km ESE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 8790 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.913km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 8790 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.613km NE of Borrego Springs, CA · 8789 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.610km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8789 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.725km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8789 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.620km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8789 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.58km WNW of Calipatria, California · 8789 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.811km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 8789 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.818km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 8787 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.720km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 8787 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.511km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8785 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.618km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8785 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.024km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 8784 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.233km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 8783 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.110km SW of Niland, CA · 8783 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.79km SW of Niland, California · 8782 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.05km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 8782 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.211km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8782 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 8781 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.812km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 8781 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.912km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 8781 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.810km WNW of Calipatria, California · 8780 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.812km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 8780 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.811km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, California · 8780 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.811km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 8780 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.110km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 8780 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.73km ENE of Julian, CA · 8779 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.39km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8779 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 256
- 1.610km NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8779 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.111km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8779 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.918km WNW of Ocotillo, CA · 8779 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.511km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8779 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.511km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8778 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.617km SSW of Oasis, CA · 8778 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.69km SE of Bombay Beach, California · 8778 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.510km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8778 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.621km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.322km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.521km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.219km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.726km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.022km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.922km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.621km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.720km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.120km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.521km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 8777 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.512km N of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 8777 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of 166.
Before
- 2.211km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 8797 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.114km SW of Delta, B.C., MX · 8797 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.369km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8797 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.713km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA · 8797 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.814km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 8798 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.72km NE of Westmorland, CA · 8798 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.669km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 8798 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.910km NNE of Borrego Springs, CA · 8799 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.77km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 19 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.87km N of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 20 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.04km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.62km N of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.82km NNE of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.62km NE of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.82km NE of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.92km NE of Westmorland, California · 8800 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.61km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.81km NE of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.88km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 8800 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.62km NE of Westmorland, CA · 8800 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
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