M2.7 earthquake 54 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 54 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico on Mon, May 24, 2021, 8:05 PM PDT (03:05 UTC), 7 km (4 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
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.057 · 40 stations
3.25	ML, local (Richter)	Southern California Seismic Network	Final · ±0.017 · 2 stations

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000e5zn (also filed as ci39903168). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC.