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South of the California-Mexico border, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck on Easter Sunday in 2010, killing two people in Mexicali and damaging buildings on both sides of the border.
The April 4 quake was the second largest earthquake in Baja California history after the 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake at a magnitude of 7.2–7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale, and was well recorded in Southern California, especially in the Imperial valley.
Mexico lies within two seismically active earthquake zones. The Baja California peninsula lies near the boundary of the Pacific plate and the North American plate, while southern Mexico lies just north of the boundary between the North American plate and the Cocos and Rivera tectonic plates. The Cocos plate is subducting under the North ...
Earthquake intensity map (USGS) The 2014 Guerrero earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 7.2 that hit the state of Guerrero, close to Acapulco, Mexico, on 18 April at 14:27:26 UTC (9:27 a.m. local time). [1] [3] [4] [5] The epicenter occurred 265 kilometers southwest of Mexico City and at a depth of 24 kilometers.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California at 10:44 a.m. PST, with shaking felt across the region. The epicenter was 39 miles west of Petrolia, California, and was very ...
The 2018 Oaxaca earthquake occurred on February 16, 2018, at 17:39 local time (23:39 UTC) in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains in Oaxaca state in Southern Mexico.It had a magnitude of 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale.
The earthquake occurred at 10:44 a.m. with an epicenter under the Pacific ... and damage exceeded $160 million in today's dollars, the California Geological Survey said. Read more:The Times ...
The 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake occurred at 23:20 Pacific Standard Time on February 23. It had an estimated moment magnitude of 7.1–7.2 and a maximum perceived intensity of VIII ( Severe ). The shock was centered near the Mexico–United States border and takes its name from a large dry lake bed in Baja California , Mexico.