Mexico earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 48km SW of Rosarito, B.C., MX

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 48km SW of Rosarito, B.C., MX on Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 11:01 AM PDT (18:01 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 25km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Southern California Seismic Network
Local time
UTC
2021-04-14 18:01:45 UTC
Depth
9.6 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.021° N, 117.387° W
Region
Mexico
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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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 0.5 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
263°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.242km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1994 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.444km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1991 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.042km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.014km SW of Coronado, CA · 1985 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.828km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1977 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 2.561km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1975 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.924km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 1962 days ago · 14 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.525km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1947 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.225km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1947 days ago · 21 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 2.026km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1947 days ago · 20 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.622km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 1941 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.734km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1939 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

Before

  1. 2.032km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 2003 days ago · 22 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.930km WSW of La Jolla, CA · 2011 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.512km WSW of Coronado, CA · 2022 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39849896. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC.