• Major 7.2 Earthquake shakes Southern California
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[URL]http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304017404575165671473390574.html[/URL] [quote] Aftershocks continued to jolt Southern California Monday in the wake of a powerful weekend earthquake in Mexico. No injuries were reported in the border town of Calexico, Calif., but windows shattered, bricks fell and some cracks appeared in century-old buildings. Police cordoned off downtown, and businesses were closed Monday. People walked through downtown Calexico, Calif., after Sunday's quake. Calexico is the U.S. area hardest hit by Sunday's 7.2-magnitude quake in Mexico that killed two people and injured at least 100, including one person in the California town of El Centro. Several aftershocks hit Monday morning, including a 5.1-magnitude temblor that struck at about 4:15 a.m. Monday near El Centro. "Aftershocks have become less frequent overnight and they will continue to do so over the next few days and weeks" but they could continue for years, said seismologist Kate Hutton at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Within an hour of the weekend earthquake, more than 4,000 people had filed reports with the U.S. Geological Survey saying they had felt shaking as far away as Santa Barbara and Arizona. The temblor was felt the hardest in Mexicali, a bustling commerce center along Mexico's border with California, where authorities said the quake was followed by at least 20 smaller aftershocks, including three of magnitudes 5.1, 4.5 and 4.3. The initial quake had a shallow depth of six miles. "It has not stopped trembling in Mexicali," said Baja California state Civil Protection Director Alfredo Escobedo. He said one man was killed when his home collapsed just outside of Mexicali and a second man died when he panicked as the ground shook, running out into the street where he was struck by a car. Power was out in virtually the entire city and the blackout was expected to last at least 14 hours, Mr. Escobedo said. The trembler shook parts of Arizona, Mexico and Southern California, with aftershocks reported across the region. Video courtesy Fox News. Strong shaking was reported across much of Southern California. The earthquake rattled buildings on the west side of Los Angeles and in the San Fernando Valley, interrupting Easter dinners. Some stalled elevators were reported, water sloshed out of swimming pools and wine jiggled in glasses. In San Diego, several buildings and water mains reported damage, according to the San Diego Fire Department, although there were no reports of casualties. Rattled in 2010 Maurice Laraque, of the San Diego Fire Department, said there were initial reports of several water main breaks, as well as some broken pipes at private buildings. Several privately owned buildings had also reported structural damage, though there were no reports of collapsed structures. The earthquake set off numerous fire alarms. However, the fire department suspected that many alarms were set off by the shaking and weren't related to actual fires, said Mr. Laraque. He said the department was trying to weed out the alarms that required an emergency response. "It shook big time," said Mr. Laraque. "It was shaking all over." Across the border in Tijuana, Mexico, the quake caused buildings to sway and knocked out power in some areas. Several residents reported no signs of damage on Sunday afternoon, although local papers published online pictures of fallen merchandise in convenience stores. No tsunami warning was issued, but hundreds of people on Tijuana's crowded beach feared the worst and fled when they felt the ground shake, said Capt. Juan Manuel Hernandez, the city fire department's chief of aquatic rescue. The beach filled up again within an hour. [B] Scientists said the main earthquake probably occurred on a faultline that hadn't produced a major temblor in over a century. Preliminary data suggest the quake occurred on the Laguna Salada fault, which last unleashed a similar-sized quake in 1892. Since then, it has sparked some magnitude-5 temblors.[/B] USGS seismologist Erik Pounders described the area as a chaotic system of faults that needs more research. The main quake was initially reported as magnitude-6.9 and was centered about 38 miles southeast of Mexicali.The updated magnitude was still an estimate, but if it holds, [B] it would be California's largest temblor since the 7.3-magnitude Landers quake hit in 1992, USGS seismologist Lucy Jones said. There were at least two other 7.2-magnitude quakes in the last 20 years.[/B] —The Associated Press and Wall Street Journal staff contributed to this article.[/quote]Got a brother down in San Diego. He was outside and said it was pretty intense, houses were shaking and he heard windows breaking. Anyone else experienced it?
I felt it. I'm in New York. :smug:
It is HAARP, why does no one listen to me or Hugo?
I was in LA, definitely felt it.
[QUOTE=TheForeigner;21189527]It is HAARP, why does no one listen to me or Hugo?[/QUOTE] Cause changes in the stratosphere can't effect magma flows in the earth's mantle
I felt it.
I felt your mom.
[QUOTE=bravehat;21189643]Cause changes in the stratosphere can't effect magma flows in the earth's mantle[/QUOTE] That is what the government wants you to know.
Goddamnit i thought i told my mother to stay in bed.
I live in Virginia so I didn't feel a thing.
They deserved it.
Awww. I was in Nevada during this! My sister told me it was a good one.
Yep, here it is; [IMG]http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s52/hemblahem/Wow-1.png[/IMG] That's a lot of after shakes.
The end is nigh! Everyone go buy granola bars, its gonna be a long 5 years
I felt it, I live in Finland.
It's like Earth's new trend for 2010 is earthquakes...
We had been getting smaller ones recently. Any day now I think a really big one is gonna rock our asses.
These earthquakes are really "shaking" up things [IMG]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q198/Hezzy88/mojo.jpg[/IMG]
These puns aren't funny
I don't see anything scary about how the major earthquake rate has been high lately. It's just a coincidence, and an interesting one at that.
I felt it and I live in LA country.
HOLY FUCK, the aftershocks are going off. the. CHART. [url]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html[/url] THIS IS NOT GOOD. The aftershocks are slowly beginning to creep up north.
[QUOTE=hahaha221;21201305]HOLY FUCK, the aftershocks are going off. the. CHART. [url]http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html[/url] THIS IS NOT GOOD. The aftershocks are slowly beginning to creep up north.[/QUOTE] This would be bad if they weren't under 5.0
No, it is very bad. The chile quake has a total aftershock count of a little over 400. This quake has a total number of aftershocks over 500 IN A DAY. The Chilean quake was a month ago, this was yesterday.
i don't think you guys understand just how many earthquakes happen in a year. they're only getting so much press now because they're hitting heavily-populated places and people are tying them together with end-of-the-word theories.
<insert 2012 jokes here>
[QUOTE=hahaha221;21201996]No, it is very bad. The chile quake has a total aftershock count of a little over 400. This quake has a total number of aftershocks over 500 IN A DAY. The Chilean quake was a month ago, this was yesterday.[/QUOTE] so?
[QUOTE=Gummylamb;21202809]so?[/QUOTE] It can probably rise up to be a bigger one -_-.
[QUOTE=fsTyle;21203349]It can probably rise up to be a bigger one -_-.[/QUOTE] Wouldn't it technically do the exact opposite
I like how when there are two threads about the same thing. They both get tons of clocks.
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