M2.6 earthquake 55 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico on Fri, Mar 26, 2021, 1:27 AM PDT (08:27 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-26 08:27:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.486° N, 115.694° W
- Region
- Mexico
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.056 · 42 stations |
| 3.02 | ML, local (Richter) | Southern California Seismic Network | Final · ±0.117 · 3 stations |
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 2.3 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- Stations used
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.833km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 2012 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.014km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 2008 days ago · 17 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.514km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 2008 days ago · 28 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.937km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 2004 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.032km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 2004 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.354km SW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 2003 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.844km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1993 days ago · 16 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.561 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1988 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.757 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1988 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
- 2.159km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1981 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.59km SSE of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1981 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.558 km E of San Vicente, Mexico · 1980 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.354 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1979 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.655 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1979 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.828km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1978 days ago · 16 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.010km W of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1973 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.231km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1967 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.045km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1966 days ago · 19 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.414km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1965 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.561 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1964 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.591km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1959 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.754 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1959 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
Before
- 2.288km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 2027 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.763 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 2029 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.4Baja California, Mexico · 2029 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.777km SE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 2041 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000dwlq (also filed as ci39590727). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.