Gulf of California

June 21, 2023

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 was recently recorded in Gulf of California.
The Gulf of California, also called the Sea of Cortez is a large inlet of the eastern Pacific Ocean along the northwestern coast of Mexico.
Its another name is Vermilion Sea.
It separates the mountainous Lower California Peninsula/Baja California Peninsula in the west from the states of Sonora and Sinaloa on the mainland of Mexico in the east.
The Gulf is divided into two portions and is separated by a narrowing that is marked by the islands of Tiburón and Angel de la Guarda.
The Colorado River drains into the Gulf.
The long coastline of the gulf is extremely irregular and forms numerous small bays.