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M2.6 earthquake 54 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 54 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico on Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 11:41 PM PDT (06:41 UTC), 25 km (15 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 51km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2021-09-17 06:41:10 UTC
Depth
24.6 km (15.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.464° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.6ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed · ±0.053 · 46 stations
2.98ML, local (Richter)Southern California Seismic NetworkFinal · ±0.119 · 7 stations

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.9 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
63

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.451km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1838 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.060 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1836 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.732km E of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1827 days ago · 17 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.113km WSW of Delta, B.C., MX · 1826 days ago · 14 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.224 km ESE of Fraccionamiento del Valle, Mexico · 1821 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.550km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1821 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.432km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1802 days ago · 17 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.89km WNW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1797 days ago · 22 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.230km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.088km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1796 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 2.262 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1795 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.437km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1795 days ago · 20 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 2.437km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1794 days ago · 18 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.352 km ENE of San Vicente, Mexico · 1791 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.437km E of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1790 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.382km SE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1789 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away

Before

  1. 2.690km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX · 1846 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 3.089km ESE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1847 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 1.742km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 1.839km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1856 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.940km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1857 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.532km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 1863 days ago · 21 km deep · 86 km away
  7. 2.861km SSE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 1871 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000fc0w (also filed as ci39811511). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:56 AM UTC.