An earthquake has struck the southern part of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico on Tuesday and the effect was the most pronounced in La Paz city.

The needle of the Richter Scale grazed the 6.2 mark but fortunately the natural catastrophe has not caused any casualties.
La Paz is popular for being the silent fishing city with many resorts. Government officials mentioned that they have notified the people to remain calm, expecting the aftershocks of the quakes.
Public schools will remain shut on Wednesday while the experts would reach the schools and check for any damages.
The epicenter of the earthquake, according to the US Geological Survey was 47 miles away from the La Paz city to the north-northeast.

USGS confirmed that the quake shook the place 15 minutes before the clock struck 5pm local time. This was followed by a 4.6 quake shortly after 20 minutes of the initial quake, 24 miles (38 kilometres) north of La Paz, along with a 4.8 seism about 8 miles (14 kilometres) further out in the Gulf of California about 12 minutes later.

(AW- Anil)