A moderate earthquake shook a rural, southern corner of Mexico's Baja California peninsula not far from the resort of Loreto Saturday evening, but
there were no reports of injuries or damage.
The 5.8-magnitude temblor was centered in the Sea of Cortes, which separates the peninsula from Mexico's western coast, about 70 kilometers (45 miles)
north of Loreto and 860 kilometers (535 miles) southeast of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, California, according to the U.S. Geological
Survey in Golden, Colorado.
Authorities in Baja California Sur state, where Loreto is located, said they had not received any reports of damage or injuries.
Dale Grant, a geophysicist at the U.S. National Earthquake Information Center, said the quake was not powerful enough to trigger any threats of a
tsunami.
"This is very common in that area," he said. "There are often moderate quakes."FARASHA - 7-30-2006 at 01:54 PM
Bruce !
Wasn't it exactly 2 month ago, (end of May) on a sunday morning around 0800, that there was the last one?
It was my first weekend in Mulege I remember!Bruce R Leech - 7-30-2006 at 03:43 PM
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Originally posted by FARASHA
Bruce !
Wasn't it exactly 2 month ago, (end of May) on a sunday morning around 0800, that there was the last one?
It was my first weekend in Mulege I remember!
I think you are pretty close on that FARSHA that one was just north of Santa Rosalia.
you figured it out Al G