M2.2 earthquake 16km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 16km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX on Tue, May 27, 2008, 6:15 AM PDT (13:15 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 19km WSW 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-05-27 13:15:37 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.406° N, 115.347° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 255°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 93 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.76km NE of Imperial, CA · 6704 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.569km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 6703 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.724km SSE of Campo, CA · 6702 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.266km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 6702 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.78km SW of Holtville, CA · 6702 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.912km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6702 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.919km SSW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 6702 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.619km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6700 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.62km WSW of El Centro, CA · 6699 days ago · 20 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.76km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.66km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.56km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.96km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.75km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.75km NW of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.56km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.55km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.56km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.96km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.65km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.06km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.85km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.85km N of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.06km NNW of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.06km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.66km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.76km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.15km N of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.75km N of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.95km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.25km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.21km NE of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.75km N of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 17 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.84km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.06km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.66km NNE of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 16 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.65km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.35km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.95km NNE of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.05km NNW of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.04km ESE of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.56km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.15km NNW of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.63km ENE of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.74km NNW of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 19 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.36km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.65km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.56km NNW of Brawley, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.110km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 6698 days ago · 12 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.65km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.86km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.95km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.66km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.252km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6698 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.65km E of Westmorland, CA · 6698 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.66km E of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6698 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.57km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 6698 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.33km SW of El Centro, CA · 6697 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.112km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.812km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.612km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.613km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.113km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.917km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6704 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.912km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.112km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.912km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.913km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.912km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.012km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.613km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.812km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.612km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.513km NNW of Westmorland, CA · 6704 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.513km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.614km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.712km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.513km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 6704 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
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