Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.3ml
5 km NNE of Progreso, B.C., MX
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.9 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Imperial County, 51 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Imperial fault, 21 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 14 hours ago
A magnitude 1.3 earthquake was recorded 5 km NNE of Progreso, B.C., MX at 12:11 UTC on 2026-10-02. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Calexico, Heber, El Centro, Seeley, Imperial, Holtville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 2.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 5,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 4,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 370× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.3 about 2.6 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.9 on 2020-10-01 — about 290,000 times the energy of this one.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 32.6183, -115.5663. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial County, CA | 51 km (32 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| San Diego County, CA | 122 km (76 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | 2 km ESE of Progreso, B.C., MX | 5 km NNE of Progreso, B.C., MX | |
| longitude | -115.56 | -115.57 | |
| latitude | 32.58 | 32.62 | |
| depth | 2.4 | 2.91 | |
| magnitude | 1.38 | 1.29 |
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.