Did you feel it? SSN registers a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in Loreto, BCS

A new tremor was recorded on the afternoon of this Saturday on the coasts of Loreto, Baja Southern California, according to information from the National Seismological Service (SSN).

The agency explained that the new earthquake had a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter scale and its epicenter was located 80 kilometers northwest of Loreto, near Sonora, at a depth of 10 kilometers (km/h). So far, Baja California and Sonora authorities have not issued information on material damage or human losses related to the earthquake.

It is worth mentioning that throughout the day the SSN recorded other smaller earthquakes on the coasts of Baja California Sur and Sonora. At 6:25 a.m. local time, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 occurred in Loreto; while at 1:49 another earthquake of magnitude 4.0 was recorded in the vicinity of this municipality.

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