Magnitude 6.7 - GULF OF CALIFORNIA

2010 October 21 17:53:14 UTC

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Magnitude	6.7
Date-Time	Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 17:53:14 UTC Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 11:53:14 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	24.843°N, 109.171°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region	GULF OF CALIFORNIA
Distances	105 km (65 miles) S of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico 125 km (75 miles) SW of Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico 140 km (85 miles) NE of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico 1200 km (740 miles) WNW of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.1 km (3.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	NST=187, Nph=187, Dmin=842.9 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp=133°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2010crbl

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/us2010crbl/

Earthquake Measuring 6.9 Strikes Gulf of California Off Mexico, USGS Says

By Carlos Manuel Rodriguez and Jonathan J. Levin - Oct 22, 2010 2:16 AM GMT+0700

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Gulf of California, sending shockwaves that were felt more than 680 miles away in San Diego. There were no immediate reports of injury.

The temblor, which hit at 11:53 a.m. Pacific Coast time, was centered off-shore about 100 miles east of the resort town of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement on its website.

The Mexican state of Baja California Sur hasn’t received any reports of earthquake damage, state civil protection spokesman Jose Gajon de Toba said in a telephone interview.

Grupo Mexico SAB, the nation’s largest mining company, had no reports of damage from the 6.9-magnitude quake, spokesman Juan Rebolledo said in a phone interview.

To contact the reporter on this story: Carlos Manuel Rodriguez in Mexico City atcarlosmr@bloomberg.net; or Jonathan J. Levin at jlevin20@bloomberg.net

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-21/earthquake-measuring-6-9-strikes-gulf-of-california-off-mexico-usgs-says.html