M2.7 earthquake 35km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 35km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Thu, Oct 23, 2008, 5:37 AM PDT (12:37 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 13km WSW of Delta, 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
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-10-23 12:37:47 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.062° N, 116.322° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 24.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 277°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.910km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6555 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.720km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6553 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.920km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6553 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.54km NNE of Imperial Beach, CA · 6553 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.822km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6552 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.621km ESE of Campo, CA · 6552 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.115km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6551 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.158km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 6551 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.358km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 6551 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.814km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6550 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.814km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6550 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.814km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6550 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.814km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 6550 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.250km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6550 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.810km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6547 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.88km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6547 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.38km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6545 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.08km SSW of Alpine, CA · 6544 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
- 2.212km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6544 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.713km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 6544 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.714km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 6544 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.912km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6543 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.213km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6543 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.315km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 6542 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.259km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 6540 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.627km ENE of Pine Valley, CA · 6540 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.68km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6539 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.98km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6539 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.810km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6538 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.513km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6537 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.510km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6537 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.714km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 6536 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.258km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6535 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.437km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 6534 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.658km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 6533 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.051km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6533 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.716km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6529 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.815km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6529 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.716km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6529 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.714km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6529 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.215km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6529 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.216km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6529 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.915km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.915km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.015km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.314km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.415km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.118km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.915km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.316km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 5.013km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 423
- 2.516km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.114km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.715km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.117km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.315km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.918km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.515km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.615km S of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.415km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6528 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 115.
Before
- 1.714km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6557 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.416km SW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6557 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.314km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 6558 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.719km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6560 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.953km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6560 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.65km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6563 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.455km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 6564 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.310km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6564 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.68km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6564 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.61km NE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6564 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.69km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6564 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.610km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6565 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.19km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6566 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.811km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6566 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.610km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6567 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.910km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6567 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.227km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 6567 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.211km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6567 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.026km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 6567 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.99km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6568 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
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