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Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 50 km northeast of San Felipe, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico, on Friday, March 21, 1969 at 04:56 GMT

Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 50 km northeast of San Felipe, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico, on Friday, March 21, 1969 at 04:56 GMT Very strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - 50 km northeast of San Felipe, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico, on Friday, March 21, 1969 at 04:56 GMT

Very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & timeMar 21, 1969 04:56:18 UTC
Local time at epicenter
StatusConfirmed
Magnitude6
Depth10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude31.296°N / 114.417°W (Gulf of California, Mexico)
Antipode31.296°S / 65.583°E
Shaking intensityStrong shaking near epicenter
Felt0 reports
Primary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcanoPinacate (102 km / 63 mi)
Nearby towns and cities44 km (27 mi) S of Santa Clara (pop: 3,970) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
50 km (31 mi) NE of San Felipe (San Felípe) (pop: 16,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
84 km (52 mi) W of Puerto Peñasco (pop: 56,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
128 km (80 mi) SSE of Guadalupe Victoria (pop: 17,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
133 km (83 mi) SSE of San Luis Rio Colorado (pop: 158,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
160 km (100 mi) S of Yuma (USA) (pop: 94,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
167 km (104 mi) SSE of Puebla (pop: 15,200) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
167 km (104 mi) ENE of Lazaro Cardenas (pop: 16,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
178 km (110 mi) SE of Mexicali (pop: 689,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
185 km (115 mi) SE of Santa Isabel (pop: 29,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby
Estimated seismic energy released6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Mag.DepthLocationSource
6.010 kmBaja California-Sonora border region, MexicoUSGS
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