M1.8 earthquake 44km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 44km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX on Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 2:30 AM PDT (09:30 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 57 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico. 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
- 2021-04-21 09:30:53 UTC
- Depth
- 16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.034° N, 116.201° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.416km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1989 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1989 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.816km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.561 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1987 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.757 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1987 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.316km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1986 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1986 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.621km ESE of Ocotillo, CA · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.516km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1985 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.917km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1985 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.916km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1985 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1984 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.516km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1983 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.516km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1983 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.46km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1983 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.715km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1980 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.159km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1980 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.558 km E of San Vicente, Mexico · 1979 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.354 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1978 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.655 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1978 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.717km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.816km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1977 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.828km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1975 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1974 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1974 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.96km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1973 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.05km WSW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1973 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1973 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.416km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1972 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.34km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1972 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.010km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1972 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.216km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1972 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.016km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1972 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.916km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1972 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.816km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1971 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.84km SW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1971 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.916km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1971 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.416km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1970 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.413km W of Imperial, CA · 1970 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.718km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1970 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1967 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.231km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1966 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.016km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1966 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.717km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.045km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1965 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.414km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1964 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.518km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1963 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.561 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1963 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.88km W of Progreso, B.C., MX · 1963 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.924km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 1962 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.916km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1960 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1960 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.591km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1958 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.754 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1958 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.116km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1958 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.618km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1955 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.717km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.117km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1953 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
The first 60 of 90.
Before
- 1.69km SSE of Ocotillo, CA · 1994 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.722km SSW of Puebla, B.C., MX · 1995 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.617km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1996 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.117km N of Ocotillo, CA · 1998 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.818km E of Ocotillo, CA · 1999 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.717km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2000 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.717km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2001 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.216km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2001 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.354km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 2002 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.213km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2002 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.032km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 2003 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.514km WNW of Progreso, B.C., MX · 2003 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.937km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 2003 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.116km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2004 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.915km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2007 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.514km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 2007 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.014km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 2007 days ago · 17 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.816km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2007 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.517km SW of Ocotillo, CA · 2009 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.616km E of Ocotillo, CA · 2009 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
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