Showing posts with label Sinaloa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sinaloa. Show all posts

Saturday, October 19, 2013

6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes off Mexico coast. -10 kilometers deep in the Sea of Cortez - Tsunami warning has not been issued.

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the western coast of Mexico in the Gulf of California between the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California Sur, the US Geological Survey reported.
The epicenter of the quake was 10 kilometers deep in the Sea of Cortez. Emergency services in Mexican Sonora and Sinaloa states said there were no immediate reports of casualties and it was not yet clear how the quake had affected Baja California Sur.
The quake was initially reported to have reached a magnitude of 6.8, but was later downgraded to 6.5 by USGS. 
A tsunami warning has not been issued.

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