Light mag. 3.4 earthquake - 57 km southwest of San Felipe, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico, on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 12:16 pm (GMT -7) -
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Light magnitude 3.4 earthquake at 8 km depth
20 May 01:07 UTC: First to report: SSN after 6 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 19, 2022 19:16:55 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 12:16 pm (GMT -7) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.4 |
| Depth | 8.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 30.77°N / 115.36°W  (Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 30.77°S / 64.64°E |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | Isla San Luis (128 km / 80 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 54 km (34 mi) WSW of Colonia Carlos Salinas de Gortari (pop: 12) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 57 km (36 mi) WSW of San Felipe (San Felípe) (pop: 16,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 60 km (38 mi) E of Vicente Guerrero (pop: 11,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 60 km (38 mi) ENE of Lazaro Cardenas (pop: 16,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 68 km (42 mi) E of Camalu (Camalú) (pop: 8,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (54 mi) NNE of El Rosario de Arriba (pop: 1,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 156 km (97 mi) SE of Rodolfo Sanchez Taboada (Maneadero) (pop: 23,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 207 km (129 mi) S of Mexicali (pop: 689,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.9 x 109 joules (2.21 megawatt hours, equivalent to 1.9 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.4 | 8 km | Mexico: 58 Km Al SUROESTE De SAN FELIPE, BC | SSN |
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