M2.5 earthquake 54 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 54 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico on Sat, Jan 2, 2021, 12:52 AM PST (08:52 UTC), 15 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 55km ESE of Maneadero, 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
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-01-02 08:52:59 UTC
- Depth
- 15.4 km (9.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.450° N, 115.696° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Felt reports
- 1
- 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. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.056 · 42 stations |
| 2.87 | ML, local (Richter) | Southern California Seismic Network | Final · ±0.183 · 84 stations |
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 59
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 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.786km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 2098 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.455km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 2097 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 2.847km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 2086 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.451 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 2085 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.282km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 2082 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.586km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 2081 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.021km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 2081 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.690km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 2068 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.455 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 2063 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.187km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 2063 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.28km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 2063 days ago · 17 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.88km WSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 2053 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
Before
- 2.019km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 2105 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.19km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 2107 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.55km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 2111 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.281km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 2116 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 2.754 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 2125 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.513km SSE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 2128 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.534km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 2132 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000d4yy (also filed as ci39509127). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC.