Mexico earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 13km NW of Delta, B.C., MX

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 13km NW of Delta, B.C., MX on Tue, Feb 19, 2008, 5:28 PM PST (01:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.8 (ML, local (Richter)), light
Magnitude from: Southern California Seismic Network
Local time: Tue, Feb 19, 2008, 5:28 PM PST
UTC: 2008-02-20 01:28:55 UTC
Depth: 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 32.426° N, 115.306° W
Region: Mexico
Felt reports: 186
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
4.83	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.117 · 256 stations
4.8	Mwc, centroid moment	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed
4.8	Mwc, centroid moment	Global CMT project	Preliminary

What happened

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

Felt (IV) at Mexicali. Felt (V) at Calexico; (IV) at El Centro; (III) at Blythe, Holtville, Imperial and San Diego; (II) at La Jolla, California. Also felt at Brawley, Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Heber, Lakeside, La Mesa, Niland, Pine Valley, Westmorland and Winterhaven. Felt (III) at Yuma, Arizona. Also felt at Cibola, Parker and Wellton.

From the USGS event page for ci14351300. 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?

186 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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 130°, dip 52°, rake -158°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 26°, dip 73°, rake -40°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 1.5 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.12
Depth from: Operator assigned
Station coverage gap: 212°, 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 1.8 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 198.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci14351300 (also filed as gcmtc200802200128a, usp000fz9v, gcmt20080220012856). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:32 AM UTC.