Light mag. 3.3 earthquake - 26 km west of San Felipe, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 9:40 pm (GMT -7) -
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Light magnitude 3.3 earthquake at 10 km depth
19 May 13:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 8 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 19, 2022 04:40:01 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 9:40 pm (GMT -7) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.3 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 30.94°N / 115.09°W  (Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 30.94°S / 64.91°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | Isla San Luis (127 km / 79 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 22 km (14 mi) WSW of Colonia Carlos Salinas de Gortari (pop: 12) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 26 km (16 mi) WSW of San Felipe (San Felípe) (pop: 16,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) ENE of Vicente Guerrero (pop: 11,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 92 km (57 mi) ENE of Lazaro Cardenas (pop: 16,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 94 km (58 mi) E of Camalu (Camalú) (pop: 8,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 100 km (62 mi) SW of Santa Clara (Sonora) (pop: 3,970) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 118 km (73 mi) ESE of San Vicente (pop: 4,360) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 191 km (119 mi) S of Mexicali (pop: 689,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 5.6 x 109 joules (1.56 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.34 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.3 | 10 km | Mexico: 26 Km Al SUROESTE De SAN FELIPE, BC | SSN |
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