Mexico earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 45km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 45km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Sun, Jun 13, 2021, 7:35 AM PDT (14:35 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 17km E of Ocotillo, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2021-06-13 14:35:06 UTC
Depth
13.1 km (8.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.039° N, 116.191° W
Region
Mexico
Felt reports
1
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
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.ScaleComputed byNotes
3.36ML, local (Richter)Southern California Seismic NetworkPreferred · Final · ±0.134 · 192 stations
3.2ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.053 · 46 stations

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
III, weak shaking
Peak ground acceleration
2.8% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
-0.8 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
97°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 57 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39703959 (also filed as us7000ecqe). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC.