M1.8 earthquake 46km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 46km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX on Sun, Sep 21, 2008, 5:22 AM PDT (12:22 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 16km WNW 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-09-21 12:22:51 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.226° N, 115.843° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 286°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
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 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6588 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.16km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6586 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.74km ESE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6585 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.810km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6585 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.79km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6583 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.59km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6583 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.59km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6583 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.88km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6582 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.78km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6582 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.79km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6581 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.18km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6581 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.29km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6580 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.14km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6580 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.525km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 6579 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.625km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 6579 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.116km ENE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 6579 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.69km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 6579 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.66km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6579 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.89km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6579 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.17km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6578 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.613km NW of Ocotillo, CA · 6578 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.69km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6575 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.927km SSE of Campo, CA · 6574 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.266km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6572 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.75km SW of Brawley, CA · 6570 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.28km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6570 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.64km NW of Brawley, CA · 6570 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.79km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6570 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.69km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6569 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.810km ENE of Calexico, CA · 6569 days ago · 16 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.98km SSW of Holtville, CA · 6569 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.39km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 6569 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.010km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6569 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.28km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6568 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.99km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6568 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.711km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6568 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.08km SSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6568 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.610km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 6568 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.69km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6567 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.99km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6567 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.026km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 6567 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.211km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6567 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.227km NNE of El Sauzal, B.C., MX · 6567 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.910km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6567 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.54km WNW of Brawley, CA · 6567 days ago · 20 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.94km N of Brawley, CA · 6567 days ago · 18 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.610km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6567 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.47km SSE of Guadalupe Victoria, B.C., MX · 6566 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.811km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6566 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.19km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6566 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.67km NNE of Imperial, CA · 6566 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.610km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6565 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.69km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6564 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.61km NE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6564 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.68km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6564 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.310km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6564 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.455km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 6563 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.65km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6563 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.19km SSE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6561 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.953km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6560 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of 200.
Before
- 2.28km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6588 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.89km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6589 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.06km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 6589 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.48km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6589 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.123km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 6590 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.410km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6590 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.756km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6590 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.69km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6590 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.217km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 6591 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.614km WSW of Imperial, CA · 6592 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.69km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6594 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.313km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 6595 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.58km WSW of Holtville, CA · 6596 days ago · 16 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.28km SE of Ocotillo, CA · 6596 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.85km NNE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 6597 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.810km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6597 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.814km W of Tecate, B.C., MX · 6598 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.48km WSW of Ocotillo, CA · 6598 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.77km S of Progreso, B.C., MX · 6598 days ago · 15 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 6600 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
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