M1.6 earthquake 14km S of Tecate, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14km S of Tecate, B.C., MX on Wed, Dec 5, 2007, 7:45 AM PST (15:45 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 28km E 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2007-12-05 15:45:32 UTC
- Depth
- 12.3 km (7.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.439° N, 116.629° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 318°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 4
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.251km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6877 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.452km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6876 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.138km S of Ocotillo, CA · 6876 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.122km SSE of Campo, CA · 6875 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.155km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6875 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.48km SSE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6875 days ago · 16 km deep · 100 km away
- 4.018km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6875 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 110
- 2.118km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6875 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.18km W of Ocotillo, CA · 6875 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.912km NW of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6874 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.616km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6873 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.951km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6873 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.19km W of Ocotillo, CA · 6873 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.85km SE of Jamul, CA · 6873 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.514km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6871 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.61km ESE of Jamul, CA · 6868 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.335km SSE of Campo, CA · 6867 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.929km WSW of La Jolla, CA · 6866 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.655km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6865 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.914km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6865 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.065km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 6865 days ago · 18 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 49
- 2.448km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 6863 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.428km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 6863 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 37
- 3.430km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 6863 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.557km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6862 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.718km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6860 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.64km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 6860 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.519km SW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 6860 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.617km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 6859 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.68km W of Ocotillo, CA · 6859 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.521km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6859 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.824km SSE of Tecate, B.C., MX · 6859 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.312km SSW of Lake Henshaw, CA · 6859 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.612km NNE of Pine Valley, CA · 6858 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.719km NW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6858 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.516km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6858 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.849km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6858 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.614km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 6857 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.258km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6857 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.813km S of Borrego Springs, CA · 6856 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.511km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6856 days ago · 14 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.54km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 6855 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.74km SE of Lake Henshaw, CA · 6854 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.552km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6854 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.328km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6853 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.64km WSW of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 6853 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.721km ESE of Julian, CA · 6852 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.77km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6852 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.97km W of Ocotillo, CA · 6852 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.923km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 6852 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.825km SSE of Campo, CA · 6851 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.815km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6850 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.931km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6850 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.014km E of Borrego Springs, CA · 6849 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.426km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6848 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.132km NNE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 6847 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.620km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6847 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.348km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6847 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.920km SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6847 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.613km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 6846 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
The first 60 of 99.
Before
- 2.757km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6878 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.021km W of Westmorland, CA · 6879 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.914km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6879 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.514km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 6881 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.448km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 6882 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.914km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6882 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.151km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6883 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.154km SE of Campo, CA · 6884 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.815km W of Tecate, B.C., MX · 6885 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.555km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 6885 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.457km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6886 days ago · 16 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.911km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6887 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.110km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6887 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.511km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 6887 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.311km NNE of Julian, CA · 6887 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 258
- 1.69km W of Ocotillo, CA · 6888 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.012km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6888 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.036km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 6888 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.710km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 6888 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.258km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6888 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
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