Magnitude 7.2 earthquake Baja California

Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 03:40:40 PM at epicenter, 32.128°N, 115.303°W, Depth 10 km (6.2 miles), 26 km (16 miles) SW (225°) from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico, 60 km (38 miles) SSE (165°) from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, 62 km (38 miles) SW (233°) from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, 167 km (104 miles) ESE (105°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
A 7.2 Magnitude earthquake struck San Diego Mexicali today April 4, 2010. The 7.2 San Diego Mexicali Earthquake Today April 4, 2010 struck around 3:40pm Sunday, it rattle all of Southern California and Shook high rise buildings in Los Angeles and San Diego as well. The primary set of the 7.2 San Diego Mexicali Earthquake was said to had an epicenter of 19 miles southeast of Mexicali, this area has said to be shaking a consistent magitude of 3.0 throughout the week, the indication of the USGS has pointed a 7.2 initial richter Scale measurement.
The biggest temblor hit at 3:40 p.m., its epicenter estimated to be 108 miles east-southeast of Tijuana in Mexico. The rupture occurred 20 miles deep.
It was preceded by a magnitude 3.3 quake that occurred at 3:34 p.m., the epicenter in the same area but at a considerably shallower depth of less than one mile.

Minor damage has been reported in Mexico’s northern Baja California after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake that was felt in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada. The largest earthquake in the region in nearly 18 years struck at 3:40 p.m. Sunday more than 100 miles southeast of San Diego. Tijuana Fire Chief Rafael Carillo says firefighters were rescuing people trapped in a hotel elevator. He says firefighters so far are receiving reports of only minor damage. Near the epicenter, receptionist Juan Carlos Fernandez says there was minor damage at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Mexicali. The damage includes broken pipes and windows.

At least eight aftershocks have followed:

• At 3:44 p.m., a magnitude-2.3 quake occurred 100 miles east of Tijuana. The estimated depth was 19 miles.
• At 4:09 p.m., a magnitude-4.5 quake occurred 62 miles east of Tijuana. Estimated depth: Slightly more than one mile.
• At 4:15 p.m., a magnitude-5.1 quake hit 86 miles east-southeast of Tijuana. Estimated depth: 10.5 miles.
• At 4:19 p.m., a magnitude-3.8 quake struck 43 miles east-northeast of Tijuana. Estimated depth; Less than one mile.
• At 4:22 p.m., a magnitude-3.6 quake rumbled 45 miles northeast of San Diego and just 10 miles southwest of Borrego Springs. Estimated depth: 4.3 miles.
• At 4:34 p.m., a magnitude-4.7 quake hit 85 miles east of Tijuana. Estimated depth: Less than one mile.
• At 4:46 p.m., a magnitude-3.5 quake struck 72 miles east of Tijuana, 16 miles west-southwest of El Centro in Imperial County. Estimated depth: 2.2 miles.
• At 4:48 p.m., a magnitude-3.4 quake occurred 98 miles east of Tijuana, 9 miles east-southeast of Brawley in Imperial County. Estimated depth: 13.4 miles.

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