Mexico earthquakes

M5.1 earthquake 7km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 7km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX on Mon, Feb 11, 2008, 10:29 AM PST (18:29 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.1 (Mw, moment), moderate
Magnitude from: Southern California Seismic Network
Local time: Mon, Feb 11, 2008, 10:29 AM PST
UTC: 2008-02-11 18:29:30 UTC
Depth: 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 32.327° N, 115.257° W
Region: Mexico
Felt reports: 668
Strongest shaking: VII, very strong 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
5.1	Mw, moment	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · 6 stations
5.1	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed
5.14	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.1
5.1	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

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

Felt (V) at Mexicali. Felt at Ensenada and San Luis Rio Colorado. Also felt (V) at Calexico and (IV) at El Centro, Holtville and Imperial; (III) at Brawley, Chula Vista, Coronado, Heber, La Jolla, La Mesa, San Diego and Winterhaven, California. Felt in much of southern California, as far northwest as San Fernando. Felt (IV) at Yuma and (III) at Somerton and Wellton, Arizona. Felt widely in southwestern Arizona, as far north as Parker and as far east as Tucson.

From the USGS event page for ci14348196. 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: VII, very strong shaking
Map: Automatic

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

Did you feel it?

668 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate 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

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting: Strike-slip
Nodal plane 1: Strike 242°, dip 65°, rake 2°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 151°, dip 88°, rake 155°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 4.9 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 123 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci14348196 (also filed as gcmtc200802111829a, usp000fyph, gcmt20080211182931, iscgem10526626). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:37 AM UTC.