Light mag. 3.3 earthquake - 72 km northwest of San Felipe, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 1:25 am (GMT -7) -
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Light magnitude 3.3 earthquake at 5 km depth
24 May 13:14 UTC: First to report: SSN after 5 hours.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 24, 2022 08:25:05 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 1:25 am (GMT -7) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.3 |
| Depth | 5.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 31.39°N / 115.46°W  (Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico) |
| Antipode | 31.39°S / 64.54°E |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional) |
| Nearest volcano | Isla San Luis (188 km / 117 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 17 km (11 mi) E of International Childrens Care (pop: 28) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 72 km (45 mi) NW of San Felipe (San Felípe) (pop: 16,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 75 km (47 mi) E of San Vicente (pop: 4,360) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) SSW of Ejido Alberto Oviedo Mota (pop: 1,010) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) NE of Camalu (Camalú) (pop: 8,620) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) NE of Vicente Guerrero (pop: 11,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) SE of Fraccionamiento del Valle (pop: 1,050) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 138 km (86 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 | 5 km | Mexico: 71 Km Al NOROESTE De SAN FELIPE, BC | SSN |
| 3.3 | 5 km | BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO | EMSC |
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