Leve terremoto magnitud 4.0 - Ejido San Luis Potosí, 1.1 km S of San Luis Potosi, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico, domingo, 18 oct. 2020 -

Leve terremoto magnitud 4.0 - Ejido San Luis Potosí, 1.1 km S of San Luis Potosi, Mexicali Municipality, Baja California, Mexico, domingo, 18 oct. 2020

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 16 km depth

18 Oct 10:34 UTC: Primero en informar: USGS después de 3 minutos.
18 Oct 10:37: Magnitud recalculada de 3.7 a 3.5.
18 Oct 11:00: Ahora usando una nueva fuente de datos: SSN
Fecha & hora: 18 Oct 2020 10:31:35 UTC -
Hora local al epicentro: 2020-10-18 05:31:35 (Hora de México)
Magnitud: 4
Profundidad: 16.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 32.5°N / 115.13°W (Ejido San Luis Potosí, Estado de Baja California, México)
Volcán mas cercano: Salton Buttes (93 km / 58 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
1 km al S de San Luis Potosi (pop: 850) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
6 km al O de Ejido Jiquilpan (pop: 1,680) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
11 km al NNE de Ejido Nuevo Leon (pop: 3,660) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
16 km al OSO de Tecolots (Poblado Benito Juárez) (pop: 5,260) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
22 km al ESE de Puebla (pop: 15,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
24 km al N de Guadalupe Victoria (pop: 17,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
34 km al ESE de Mexicali (pop: 689,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
34 km al O de San Luis Río Colorado (Sonora) (pop: 158,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
44 km al ESE de Santa Isabel (pop: 29,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
2157 km al NO de Ciudad de México (Mexico City) (pop: 12,294,200) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Weather at epicenter at time of quake:
Clear Sky 22.8°C (73 F), humidity: 31%, wind: 1 m/s (1 kts) from NNE
Fuente primaria de datos: SSN (Servicio Sismológico Nacional)
Energía liberada estimada: 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudProfundidadUbicaciónFuente
M 4.016 km23 Km Al NORTE De GPE VICTORIA(KM.43), BC, MexicoSSN
M 3.533 kmBaja California, MexicoEMSC
M 3.521 km12km NNE of Delta, B.C., MX, MexicoUSGS

User reports for this quake (5)

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24.1 km WNW of epicenter [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / single vertical bump / very short : Me desperto
Mexicali baja California México / not felt
Mexicali / Very weak shaking (MMI II)
Mexicali,Baja california Mexico / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 2-5 s
Mexicali / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / 2-5 s
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