NU Online News Service, April 12, 3:04 p.m.EDT
|Three earthquakes struck Mexico yesterday and early today, butcaused little damage because of their remote location, says acatastrophe modeler.
|The U.S. Geological Survey says two earthquakesstruck off the coast of Baja California in the Bay of Californiaearly today while a third struck in southern Mexico yesterday.
|The two Baja California earthquakes struck near Santa Isabel,Calif.
|The first earthquake, a magnitude 6.2 temblor, struck just aftermidnight yesterday about 35 miles north-northeast from Santa Isabeland 322 miles south fromPhoenix.
|The second quake struck almost ten minutes later, magnitude 6.9,near the first one just off the east coast of theBajaCaliforniaPeninsulain the Bay of California.
|The third quake, magnitude 6.5, struckSouthern Mexicoat 3:55p.m. local time. The epicenter was 248 miles west-southwest fromMexico City.
|In a statement, catastrophe modeler RMS says while theBajaCaliforniaquakes were rated of very strong to strong intensity thatcould do significant damage, the sparsely populated areas nearestthe epicenter did not pose significant insurance exposure.
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