M2.0 earthquake 42km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 42km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX on Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 12:15 PM PDT (19:15 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 61km WSW of Rosarito, 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-23 19:15:40 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.163° N, 117.437° 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, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 294°, 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.014km SW of Coronado, CA · 1985 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.561km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1975 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.924km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 1962 days ago · 14 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 1941 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 2.444km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1991 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.242km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1993 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.348km SW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1998 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.032km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 2003 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.930km WSW of La Jolla, CA · 2010 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39626535. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC.