Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Reported in Baja California

[NHSparky]

Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Reported in Baja California

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FoxNews.com

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The quake was felt as far north as Los Angeles.



A strong earthquake south of the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday shook high-rises in downtown Los Angeles and San Diego and was felt across Southern California and Arizona.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the 6.9 magnitude quake struck Sunday at 3:40 p.m. in Baja California, Mexico, about 19 miles southeast of Mexicali, at an area that has been hit by magnitude 3.0 quakes all week.

The earthquake rattled buildings on the west side of Los Angeles and in the San Fernando Valley, interrupting Easter dinners. Chandeliers swayed and wine jiggled in glasses.

Tremors were felt as far away as Phoenix.

There were no initial reports of damage in the San Diego area.

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CalTech has upgraded it to a 7.2.  Lots of other earthquakes in the 4-5 range.  Also felt as far away as Phoenix.

USGS Map

[The Village Idiot]

Some say its been raised to a 7.2

[seabelle]

I've been following it on twitter.  Much in-depth reports from people who live there with aftershocks around the 5.0 range.  Some are posting photos too.

[SVPete]

Looks like a cluster in SoCal and NW Mexico. Plus a stray quake near the Napa Valley (NorCal).

[NHSparky]

Looks like a cluster in SoCal and NW Mexico. Plus a stray quake near the Napa Valley (NorCal).

It's strange...almost like they were in a beeline, if you look at the map.

They also just had a 5.6 about 10 minutes ago, SE of the original quake, between Guadalupe and San Felipe.

[seabelle]

Local San Diego news and comments:


http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Major-7-2-Earthquake-Rocks-San-Diego-and-Southern/9xFciod8t0S3_HvjOz7skA.cspx

[NHSparky]

Store in Mexicali.




Back of a house in El Centro.

[DefiantSix]

Just in case y'all were curious, you're probably looking at the "crisis" that Dear Leader will use as the ramrod for his amnesty legislation.

[longview]

The son of some friends is stationed near San Diego (Navy).  This was his first experience with a quake.  He was pretty impressed and hoping his apartment complex didn't go "all Haiti" on him.

[BEG]

We were in the backyard doing yard work and our pool started splashing big time.  It looked like nothing I have ever seen before, like 10 huge fat men had jumped in the pool at the same time.  It was insane and lasted a long time.  I thought I was getting vertigo at first until I realized  it was an earthquake.  We were in the home depot that they talk about in this article about 45 minutes before it happened. 

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The most intense earthquake to ripple across Orange County in more than a decade damaged buildings, sparked a fire and shut down the rides at Disneyland in a few moments of hard shaking Tuesday morning.
The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.4, was centered about five miles northeast of Yorba Linda. It was strong enough to make buildings shudder in downtown Los Angeles, and was felt as far away as Las Vegas.



Aaron Brothers employee Jose Herrera sorts out damaged frames from undamaged frames from a pile of fallen merchandise at the Brea store after a 5.4 earthquake centered in Chino Hills struck Tuesday.


Officials across the county were still assessing damage from the quake, which started at 11:42 a.m. Ceiling tiles rained down inside a rehab center in Brea; at Chapman University, a broken water pipe forced the temporary evacuation of the law school.
Inspectors at Cal State Fullerton were checking cracks in the walls of some older buildings, including McCarthy and Langsdorf halls. Windows were broken and a few tiles had also fallen at the student union. The campus was closed for the day.

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At a Stater Bros. Market in Fullerton, Janet Brown saw food rattle off of the shelves and children duck behind shopping carts when the quake started. A woman in the check-out line shouted: "Bring out the brandy! We all need a shot!"
The quake originated about 8.5 miles below ground, near Chino Hills. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the quake occurred on an identified fault, between the Whittier and Chino Hills faults.
Residents near the epicenter said the shaking churned up waves in their swimming pools and toppled dishes from their cupboards.
It was the most intense quake to hit Orange County since the 1994 Northridge quake.

[jinxmchue]

Just another reason I am glad I live in Minnesota.  No earthquakes of any notability.  Also no hurricanes, no volcanoes, rarely bad flooding, few really hot days, and only occasional tornadoes.  I can deal with snowstorms and cold.

[PatriotGame]

Just in case y'all were curious, you're probably looking at the "crisis" that Dear Leader will use as the ramrod for his amnesty legislation.

Of course this nation's only savior here would be that 1/2 of californication slips into the deep blue sea.

[NHSparky]

On another note, there was a 3.0 up in Maine yesterday.  I fart bigger than 3.0.

[SVPete]

CA's a big place. Much of it, e.g. the Central Valley, seldom if ever feels quakes. That's probably true of much of the Sierras and Cascades. I've lived in Silicon valley for 32 years and in CA for almost 50; I've probably felt between 5 and 10 quakes (I can only remember 3 or 4). Of those, 1, that of October, 1989, did significant damage. While some died in a freeway collapse and some homes in SF's Marina district were seriously damaged, the vast majority of Bay Area people experienced perhaps 12-24 hours' power outage and some had to detour around the freeway section that had to be rebuilt. People die every year from extreme snowstorms and tornadoes; buildings collapse every year from extreme snowstorms; every year, tornadoes destroy large swaths in towns. My in-laws in KS live a good part of every year "guarding" the weather channel for tornado warnings, and several months a year worrying of ice storms and "black ice" on roads. The SF Bay Area is peaceful by comparison (other than the fruits and nuts in the orchards of Santa Cruz, SF, Berserkeley, Oakland and Marin. But they aren't a natural phenomenon.

[The Village Idiot]

Any damage reports from Mexicali, Tacate or whatever parts of Mexico this thing hit?

[Thor]

Just another reason I am glad I live in Minnesota.  No earthquakes of any notability.  Also no hurricanes, no volcanoes, rarely bad flooding, few really hot days, and only occasional tornadoes.  I can deal with snowstorms and cold.

I wouldn't get to feel so safe up Nort dere. The Mississippi, MN and Red Rivers all lie along fault lines. Then there's Yellowstone.

[littlelamb]

I have only been in one earthquake and that was in 94 in Northridge CA it was enough to move away after it hit

[Chris_]

I felt it in Las Vegas.  We live on the second floor and my chair started to sway.  I thought California got the "big one" and we were feeling it too.  When I checked the earthquake.gov (or whatever) site, I saw it was Mexico who got the big earthquake.