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Major magnitude 6.3 earthquake - Sonora, 8.3 km east of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), Mexico, on Sunday, December 30, 1934 at 13:52 GMT

Major magnitude 6.3 earthquake - Sonora, 8.3 km east of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), Mexico, on Sunday, December 30, 1934 at 13:52 GMT Major magnitude 6.3 earthquake - Sonora, 8.3 km east of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), Mexico, on Sunday, December 30, 1934 at 13:52 GMT

Major magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 6 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & timeDec 30, 1934 13:52:03 UTC
Local time at epicenter
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude6.3
Depth6.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude32°N / 114.9°W (Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico)
Antipode32°S / 65.1°E
Shaking intensityVery strong shaking near epicenter
Felt0 reports
Primary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcanoCerro Prieto (60 km / 37 mi)
Nearby towns and cities8 km (5 mi) ESE of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso) (Baja California) (pop: 1,010) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
38 km (23 mi) SSE of Guadalupe Victoria (Baja California) (pop: 17,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
52 km (32 mi) SSW of San Luis Rio Colorado (pop: 158,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
55 km (34 mi) S of San Luis (Yuma County, Arizona, USA) (pop: 31,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
76 km (47 mi) SE of Puebla (Baja California) (pop: 15,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
85 km (53 mi) SSW of Yuma (Arizona, USA) (pop: 94,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
87 km (54 mi) SE of Mexicali (Baja California) (pop: 689,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
95 km (59 mi) SE of Santa Isabel (Baja California) (pop: 29,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
206 km (128 mi) ESE of Tijuana (Baja California) (pop: 1,301,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
495 km (308 mi) NW of Hermosillo (pop: 715,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released1.8 x 1014 joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.36 km24km SSE of Estacion Coahuila, B.C., MX (Mexico)USGS
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User reports for this quake

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (47 quakes)

Date and timeMag
Depth
LocationDetails
Apr 28, 1935 06:29
88 years ago
3.0

6 km
72 km SW of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Apr 21, 1935 05:31
88 years ago
4.3

6 km
56 km S of Mexicali, Baja California, MexicoMore
Apr 20, 1935 22:21
88 years ago
3.9

6 km
Sonora, 9.6 km E of Estacion Coahuila, MexicoMore
Mar 22, 1935 04:37
88 years ago
3.3

6 km
67 km SW of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Mar 22, 1935 03:29
88 years ago
3.6

6 km
44 km SW of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Mar 13, 1935 16:47
88 years ago
3.2

6 km
81 km S of Mexicali, Baja California, MexicoMore
Mar 9, 1935 00:40
88 years ago
3.6

6 km
72 km S of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MexicoMore
Mar 6, 1935 20:29
88 years ago
3.2

6 km
Sonora, 3.1 km SW of Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso), MexicoMore
Mar 1, 1935 04:21
88 years ago
4.1

6 km
66 km SW of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Feb 26, 1935 10:49
88 years ago
2.9

6 km
33 km S of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Feb 26, 1935 09:18
88 years ago
3.2

6 km
33 km S of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Feb 25, 1935 17:15
88 years ago
3.2

6 km
33 km S of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Feb 25, 1935 08:48
88 years ago
3.1

6 km
Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, 11 mi SW of Yuma, Arizona, USAMore
Feb 25, 1935 03:44
88 years ago
3.3

6 km
Baja California, 23 km N of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 21:50
88 years ago
3.6

6 km
Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, 29 km N of San Luis Rio Colorado, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 19:03
88 years ago
3.0

6 km
San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, 11 km E of Guadalupe Victoria, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 17:10
88 years ago
3.4

6 km
73 km S of Mexicali, Baja California, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 14:19
88 years ago
4.0

6 km
Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, 21 km SW of San Luis Rio Colorado, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 08:19
88 years ago
4.4

6 km
56 km SE of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 05:34
88 years ago
3.3

6 km
Baja California, 27 km N of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 05:09
88 years ago
3.5

6 km
Sonora, 0.5 km NE of Ciudad Coahuila (Kilometro Cincuenta y Siete), MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 04:54
88 years ago
3.5

6 km
6.3 km E of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 03:36
88 years ago
3.9

6 km
79 km S of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 03:18
88 years ago
4.0

6 km
67 km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 01:51
88 years ago
4.3

6 km
67 km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Feb 24, 1935 01:44
88 years ago
5.7

6 km
75 km S of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MexicoMore
Feb 17, 1935 11:47
88 years ago
3.6

6 km
72 km S of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Feb 4, 1935 02:18
88 years ago
3.4

6 km
Sonora, 12 km E of Guadalupe Victoria, MexicoMore
Jan 9, 1935 10:03
88 years ago
3.2

6 km
3.2 km SW of Ejido Michoacan de Ocampo, MexicoMore
Jan 8, 1935 21:48
88 years ago
3.2

6 km
25 km S of Mexicali, Baja California, MexicoMore
Jan 8, 1935 06:12
88 years ago
3.6

6 km
2.4 km N of Ejido Sonora, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Jan 6, 1935 20:23
88 years ago
4.0

6 km
7.7 km W of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Jan 6, 1935 05:12
88 years ago
3.5

6 km
45 km S of Mexicali, Baja California, MexicoMore
Jan 5, 1935 10:02
88 years ago
3.4

6 km
38 km E of Mexicali, Baja California, MexicoMore
Jan 4, 1935 21:59
88 years ago
3.7

6 km
41 km S of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Jan 1, 1935 11:45
88 years ago
3.8

6 km
23 km SW of Guadalupe Victoria, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Dec 31, 1934 22:33
88 years ago
3.1

6 km
Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, 22 km W of San Luis Rio Colorado, MexicoMore
Dec 31, 1934 22:24
88 years ago
4.1

6 km
Baja California, 22 km W of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MexicoMore
Dec 31, 1934 21:03
88 years ago
3.7

6 km
San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, 10.8 km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, MexicoMore
Dec 31, 1934 20:06
88 years ago
3.9

6 km
42 km S of Mexicali, Baja California, MexicoMore
Dec 31, 1934 18:45
88 years ago
6.4

6 km
5.3 km S of Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota, MexicoMore
Dec 30, 1934 19:23
88 years ago
4.5

6 km
51 km S of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, MexicoMore
Dec 30, 1934 18:38
88 years ago
4.1

6 km
6.1 km W of Delta, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, MexicoMore
Dec 30, 1934 18:25
88 years ago
3.9

6 km
San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, 10.8 km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, MexicoMore
Dec 30, 1934 15:35
88 years ago
4.4

6 km
Sonora, 10.8 km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, MexicoMore
Dec 30, 1934 15:05
88 years ago
4.5

6 km
San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, 10.8 km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, MexicoMore
Dec 30, 1934 14:30
88 years ago
4.6

6 km
San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, 10.8 km SE of Guadalupe Victoria, MexicoMore
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