Two New Earthquakes Shake Mexican State of Baja California Sur Prensa Latina
go to original April 12, 2012

Two new earthquake rocked the peninsula in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur on Thursday morning, but no casualties have been reported so far.

The strongest earth tremor, with a magnitude of 6.9 degrees in Richter's scale, had its epicenter off the coast,109 km from the town of Guerrero Negro, and occurred at 02:15 hours, local time (07:15 GMT), according to preliminary information from the Seismological Service of Mexico.

About ten minutes before, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake had been reported in the same area.

Both earthquakes were also felt in a wide area of northwestern Mexico, causing alarm among local residents and foreign tourists who were there to watch the gray whales that swim near the coast at this time of the year.

On Wednesday afternoon, another 6.5-magnitude quake shook western and central Mexico, including the capital, but no major damage or casualties were reported.

We invite you to add your charity or supporting organizations' news stories and coming events to PVAngels so we can share them with the world. Do it now!