M4.2 earthquake 5km NW of Delta, B.C., MX

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 5km NW of Delta, B.C., MX on Sat, Mar 29, 2008, 2:01 PM PST (22:01 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
4.18	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Preferred · Final · ±0.124 · 207 stations
4.2	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed

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

Felt (III) at El Centro, California. Also felt at Calexico, El Cajon, Mission Viejo, Palm Springs and San Diego.

From the USGS event page for ci14358796. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 123 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 157.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci14358796 (also filed as usp000g2nt). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC.