The Mexicali and Tijuana region is shaken by an earthquake “swarm”.

The cities of Mexicali, Tijuana and Tecate in Baja California were hit by a series of earthquakes early Monday.

The first earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale, occurred at 12:36 a.m., and its epicenter was located 3 km from El Centro, a city in Imperial County, California.

The first earthquake occurred this morning in El Centro, California. (USGS)

At 2:32 a.m., Mexico's National Seismic Service (SSN) reported another 5.3 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 10 kilometers southeast of the municipality of Santa Isabel in Mexicali.

According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), more than 20 aftershocks occurred between 12:36 and 5:24 a.m. on Monday, with magnitudes ranging from 3.5 to 4.8.

As a precaution, Baja California Gov. María del Pilar Ávila Olmeda ordered the closure of schools in Mexicali on Monday until authorities can assess the safety of the schools' infrastructure.

She added that no damage has been reported so far. According to local media, the Ministry of Health reported that the state's hospitals are operating normally.

In an interview with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), SSN President Arturo Iglesias Mendoza explained that the term “earthquake swarm” refers to the occurrence of multiple earthquakes in the same area within a short period of time. Typically, these earthquakes have similar magnitudes.

This could help explain today's cluster of earthquakes between Mexico and the United States, which appear to have originated from the San Jacinto fault system, one of the most active faults in Southern California.

With reports from La Jornada, Infobae, Zeta Tijuana and ADN 40

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