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C Moon

(12,209 posts) Fri Jan 19, 2018, 01:26 PM Jan 2018

6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Mexico's Gulf of California

Source: U.S. News

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck offshore in Mexico's Gulf of California on Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered about 48 miles (78 kilometers) north-northeast of Loreto, in the waters between the states of Baja California Sur and Sonora.

The USGS reported that it struck at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers).

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-01-19/63-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-mexicos-gulf-of-california

Baja California area.
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6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Mexico's Gulf of California (Original Post) C Moon Jan 2018 OP

Hope all in that area of Mexico are safe... Tikki Jan 2018 #1

It appears to have been felt in lower Baja California (Mexico) and the Mexican mainland... not in US Rollo Jan 2018 #2

Tikki

(14,549 posts)

1. Hope all in that area of Mexico are safe...

Reply to C Moon (Original post)

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 03:05 PM

Jan 2018

Some in California may have felt it...The earthquake did not happen off the Pacific.
I would be interested what parts of the U.S. felt what!!!

Tikki

Rollo

(2,559 posts)

2. It appears to have been felt in lower Baja California (Mexico) and the Mexican mainland... not in US