M2.1 earthquake 8km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 8km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX on Wed, Jan 27, 2021, 1:00 AM PST (09:00 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 11km WNW of Calipatria, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-27 09:00:49 UTC
- Depth
- 11.0 km (6.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.421° N, 115.228° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 137°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 163 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.016km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.816km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2075 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.16km NNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 2075 days ago · 21 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.116km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2075 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.816km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2075 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.210km SW of Niland, CA · 2075 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.711km SW of Niland, CA · 2075 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.610km SW of Niland, CA · 2075 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.510km SW of Niland, CA · 2075 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.611km SW of Niland, CA · 2074 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.715km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2074 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.610km WNW of Imperial, CA · 2073 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.618km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2073 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.614km SE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 2073 days ago · 21 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.915km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.98km NE of Imperial, CA · 2072 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.314km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.614km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.716km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.914km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2072 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.114km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2072 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.515km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2072 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2071 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.615km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.816km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.913km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.513km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.614km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.913km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.614km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.613km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.614km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.811km WSW of El Centro, CA · 2071 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.713km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2071 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.613km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
- 2.313km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2071 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.614km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.516km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2071 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 12
- 2.315km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.516km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2071 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.413km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.115km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.916km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2071 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.816km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2071 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.911km WSW of El Centro, CA · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.313km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2071 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.512km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2070 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.516km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2070 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.512km WNW of Calipatria, CA · 2070 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.216km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2070 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.55km SSE of Brawley, CA · 2070 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.816km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2070 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.57km SSW of Holtville, CA · 2069 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.78km SSW of Holtville, CA · 2069 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.88km SSW of Holtville, CA · 2069 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.210km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2069 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.19km SSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2069 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.88km W of Holtville, CA · 2076 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78km W of Holtville, CA · 2076 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.98km W of Holtville, CA · 2076 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 1.88km W of Holtville, CA · 2076 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.95km SSW of Holtville, CA · 2076 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.916km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2076 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.716km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2076 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.815km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2076 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.916km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2076 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.118km W of Delta, B.C., MX · 2076 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.716km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2077 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.916km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2077 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.416km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2077 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.717km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2077 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.016km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2077 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.016km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2077 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.89km WSW of Niland, CA · 2078 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.59km WSW of Niland, CA · 2078 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 1.716km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2078 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.624km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 2078 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
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