M2.2 earthquake 42km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 42km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX on Mon, Apr 19, 2021, 8:48 AM PDT (15:48 UTC), 21 km (13 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-04-19 15:48:34 UTC
- Depth
- 20.5 km (12.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.142° N, 117.425° 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, 2.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.11
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 257°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 25
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.444km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1991 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.042km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.014km SW of Coronado, CA · 1985 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.561km WSW of Rosarito, B.C., MX · 1975 days ago · 20 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.924km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 1962 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.622km ESE of Primo Tapia, B.C., MX · 1941 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci39855896. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:45 AM UTC.