M2.6 earthquake 55 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 55 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico on Wed, May 5, 2021, 4:24 AM PDT (11:24 UTC), 21 km (13 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 45km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
3.01	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Final · ±0.176 · 56 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e0ak (also filed as ci39641175). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.