M 6.9 earthquake – 59 km SW of Bahía de Lobos, Mexico
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Local time: Jun 27, 1945 · 06:08 (UTC-7)
StrongShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 6.9moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 26.955, -110.852108 km from Heroica Guaymas
- Energy released
- 338 kilotons of TNTabout 23 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 5.8max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 64 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 737USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1918
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on May 23, 1918.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 338 kilotons of TNT, 708 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 64 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Mexico.
- 7.3 61 km NNW of La Paz, Mexico Apr 10, 1906
- 7.1 Gulf of California Dec 9, 1901
- 7.0 41 km SSW of Heroica Guaymas, Mexico May 23, 1918
- 7.0 69 km ENE of San Luis, Mexico Apr 12, 2012
- 6.8 52 km SW of Bahía de Kino, Mexico Nov 20, 1949
- 6.8 79 km SSW of Etchoropo, Mexico Jul 12, 1932
- 6.8 80 km SSW of El Huitusi, Mexico Aug 28, 1923
- 6.7 68 km SW of Paredón Colorado, Mexico Jan 17, 1931