Light mag. 3.0 earthquake - 91 km northwest of San Felipe, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico, on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7:33 pm (GMT -7) -
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Light magnitude 3.0 earthquake at 5 km depth
15 May 02:36 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 3 minutes.
15 May 02:41: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 2.0 to 5.0 km (from 1.2 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4.4 km (2.7 mi) towards ENE.
15 May 02:41: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 2.0 to 5.0 km (from 1.2 to 3.1 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 4.4 km (2.7 mi) towards ENE.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 15, 2022 02:33:33 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7:33 pm (GMT -7) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3 |
| Depth | 5.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 31.54°N / 115.58°W  (Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 31.54°S / 64.42°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre) |
| Nearest volcano | Salton Buttes (185 km / 115 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 21 km (13 mi) NNE of International Childrens Care (pop: 28) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) ESE of Héroes de la Independencia (pop: 752) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 68 km (42 mi) ENE of San Vicente (pop: 4,360) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 76 km (48 mi) ESE of Fraccionamiento del Valle (pop: 1,050) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 78 km (48 mi) SW of Ejido Alberto Oviedo Mota (pop: 1,010) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) SSW of Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (Alberto Oviedo Mota) (pop: 8,060) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 90 km (56 mi) NNE of Camalu (Camalú) (pop: 8,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 91 km (56 mi) NW of San Felipe (San Felípe) (pop: 16,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 91 km (57 mi) SW of Estacion Coahuila (Estación Coahuila) (pop: 7,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 122 km (76 mi) S of Mexicali (pop: 689,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Broken Clouds  22°C (72 F), humidity: 18%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from WSW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2 x 109 joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.0 | 5 km | BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO | EMSC |
| 3.0 | 9 km | Mexico: 91km SSW of Alberto Oviedo Mota, B.C., MX | USGS |
| 3.0 | 9 km | Baja California, Mexico | RaspberryShake |
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