M1.7 earthquake 20 km W of Delta, B.C., MX
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 20 km W of Delta, B.C., MX on Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 1:28 PM PDT (20:28 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 24 km WSW of Westmorland, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-09-21 20:28:14 UTC
- Depth
- 7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.364° N, 115.410° W
- Region
- Mexico
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS. If you felt it, tell the USGS: every report sharpens the shaking map.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.3 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 since this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.54 km S of Brawley, CA · 9 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.743 km NNW of Los Algodones, B.C., MX · 9 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.136 km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 9 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Holtville, CA · 8 days ago · 16 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.53 km SW of Brawley, CA · 6 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.324 km WSW of Westmorland, CA · 6 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of Holtville, CA · 5 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.039 km ENE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 3 days ago · 15 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Niland, CA · 2 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.08 km W of Holtville, CA · 2 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.59 km WNW of Holtville, CA · 2 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.725 km ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA · 31 hr ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.19 km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 59 min ago · 19 km deep · 28 km away
Before
- 3.012 km SW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 12 days ago · 19 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.412 km SW of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX · 12 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.525 km NNE of Ocotillo, CA · 14 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.142 km ENE of Maneadero, B.C., MX · 15 days ago · 15 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of Delta, B.C., MX · 18 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.54 km ENE of Heber, CA · 20 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 22 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.34 km ENE of Heber, CA · 22 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Heber, CA · 22 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Holtville, CA · 24 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Holtville, CA · 24 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 24 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.57 km W of Holtville, CA · 24 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.87 km W of Holtville, CA · 24 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.18 km WNW of Holtville, CA · 24 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.65 km S of Brawley, CA · 24 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Puebla, B.C., MX · 25 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.55 km NNE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 26 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.732 km NE of Ensenada, B.C., MX · 26 days ago · 16 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Progreso, B.C., MX · 26 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci41336327. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC.