Mexicali, Baja California.- During the early hours of wednesday, a magnitude 5 earthquake was recorded on the Richter scale in the Mexicali Valley and the urban area of the lower state capital California.De according to the National Seismological Service indicates that the teluric movement was magnitude 5, as reported via Twitter.
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For its part, the California Institute of Technology reports that the earthquake occurred at 1:56 hours with epicenter six kilometers northwest of Delta Station, Mexicali Valley.Read more: Today’s weather forecast: Cold Front No.47 will enter Mexico with strong windsIn its first report noting that the earthquake had been of magnitude 4.2, but in subsequent reports the magnitude was adjusted to 4.8.
The ism was mainly perceived in Social Security hospitals located in the New Colony of Mexicali by those on the upper floors, however there was no evacuation of people. It should be noted that this magnitude 5 earthquake was recorded four days before the eleventh year of the 7.2 earthquake that was recorded in Mexicali on Easter Sunday 2010.Read more: Video. They ask not to swim in Mermejita beach, Oaxaca by sighting of couples of sharksIt is estimated that the origin of this earthquake of magnitude 5 is the cause of the Cerro Prieto fault.
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