Sunday, April 4, 2010

ranking quake in Mexico rocks southwestern US

A older earthquake of 7.2 magnitudes affected Baja California in Mexico, stimulating skyscrapers next San Diego and Los Angeles, whose deep tremors were ruled as far as Phoenix and Las Vegas as lucky.

The immediate impact of the seism on individuals and constructions were non straightaway known.

The quake went focused near 25 km south-southwest of Guadalupe Victoria, the US Geological Help said, which initially very it calculated around 6.9 magnitude, but quickly revised it to 7.2.


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US Geological survey read, the seism occurred much 32 kilometres below the ground's surface.

"Experts have told that such a astuteness increases the chances that the ground might absorb a majority of the shock, reducing the risks of damage on the surface,"

The seism, which lived centered many another 108 miles east of Tijuana, Mexico, many another 10 miles below the surface appeared to have caused numerous more significant damage nearer the border, including one report of a death future Mexico, but officials were still collecting information.


The trembling lasted for 35 to 55 seconds, told Lucy Jones, a seismologist at Cal Tech, at a press group discussion. The 7.2-magnitude quake is the largest in Southern California since the 7.3 Landers quake on June 28, 1992, she very.


Dr. Jones called the astuteness of the temblor “normal for this region,” adding that 16,000 mass had reportable the quake on Cal Tech’s network of “did you feel it” websites. She promised that a magnitude 6.0 aftershock would be “likely within the next few days.”


KABC Television in Los Angeles read high-rise constructions next that city and next San Diego rocked back and forth when the quake made and that many another residents saw exciting power poles moving.

The Yuma, Arizona, sheriff's department also told AFP it was responding to many building alarms but that it had no immediate reports of injuries.

The Yuma Sun described Fry's grocery store front-end manager Karla Favela stated that, "a little bit of everything" fell down every aisle of the store.

"The first matter I thought of -- have you seen the movie '2012?' The part when the grocery store splits successful half?"

The USSG same it had reports that quake lived experienced as far away as Las Vegas, Nevada, many another 460 kilometers (290 miles) from the epicenter as better as in Los Angeles, 360 kilometers (224 miles) away, and future Phoenix, Arizona, 300 kilometers (186 miles).

The earthquake came within weeks of two damaging quakes successful the Americas.

A January 12 temblor of 7.0 magnitude successful Haiti killed an forecasted 230,000 people.

next Chile, a massive 8.8 quake on February 27 left an forecast 452

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