Mexico earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 12km NW of Delta, B.C., MX

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 12km NW of Delta, B.C., MX on Tue, Feb 12, 2008, 11:14 PM PST (07:14 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 14km NW of Delta, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2008-02-13 07:14:26 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.424° N, 115.287° W
Region
Mexico
Felt reports
36
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.99ML, local (Richter)Southern California Seismic NetworkPreferred · Final · ±0.113 · 167 stations
4.1ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Calexico and (III) at Brawley and El Centro, California. Also felt at Aguanga, Calipatria, Carlsbad, Coronado, Heber, Holtville, Imperial and San Clemente. Felt at Yuma, Arizona.

From the USGS event page for ci14349400. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

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

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
213°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.611km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.114km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.514km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 1.813km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.214km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.712km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.814km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.711km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.714km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.114km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.612km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.714km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.015km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.613km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.314km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.314km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.612km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.411km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.113km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.412km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 2.814km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 2.714km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 1.812km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.315km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  25. 2.814km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 1.714km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 1.912km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 3.414km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 1.712km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 2.411km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 1.729km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 2.48km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 1.813km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 1.814km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.514km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.011km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 2.313km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 1.713km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 1.912km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 1.914km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 2.013km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  42. 1.812km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.014km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 3.913km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 26
  45. 3.811km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 1.88km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 2.214km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 3.214km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 2.513km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  50. 2.114km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 1.811km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 1.912km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 1.711km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 1.910km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  55. 1.610km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 2.113km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 2.814km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 2.612km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 2.014km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6807 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 2.817km W of Imperial, CA · 6807 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

  1. 1.715km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.014km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.014km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.413km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.613km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.614km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.214km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.913km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.612km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.615km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.812km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.913km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.212km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.212km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.913km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.411km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.414km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.28km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.214km NW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.010km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6808 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci14349400 (also filed as usp000fytj). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC.