Sunday, April 4, 2010

Powerful earthquake shakes California

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

The immediate impact of the quake on mass and constructions were non instantly known.

The quake was concentrated almost 25 kilometer south-southwest of Guadalupe Victoria, the US Geological Function read, which initially told it valued around 6.9 magnitude, but quickly revised it to 7.2.


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US Geological survey stated, the quake occurred near 32 kilometres below the ground's surface.

"Experts have stated that such a deepness increments the risks that the terra firma might absorb a absolute majority of the shock, reducing the risks of damage on the surface,"

The earthquake, which followed centered hot 108 miles east of Tijuana, Mexico, great 10 miles below the surface appeared to have caused much more significant damage nearer the border, including one report of a death in Mexico, but functionaries were still collecting information.


The swaying lasted for 35 to 55 seconds, very Lucy Jones, a seismologist at Cal Technical School, at a press league. The 7.2-magnitude quake is the largest successful Southern California since the 7.3 Landers quake on June 28, 1992, she ordered.


Dr. Jones called the profundity of the temblor “normal for this region,” adding that 16,000 souls had reported the quake on Cal Technical School’s network of “did you feel it” sites. She called that a magnitude 6.0 aftershock would be “likely inside the next few days.”


KABC Television next Los Angeles identical high-rise buildings future that city and next San Diego rocked back and forth when the quake hit and that numerous residents saw electric power poles moving.

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

The Yuma Sun reported Fry's grocery store front-end manager Karla Favela read 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 future half?"

The USSG said it had reports that quake gone mat as far away as Las Vegas, Nevada, much 460 kilometers (290 miles) from the epicenter as best as future Los Angeles, 360 kilometers (224 miles) away, and future Phoenix, Arizona, 300 kilometers (186 miles).

The earthquake came inside weeks of two ill quakes in the Americas.

A January 12 temblor of 7.0 magnitude future Haiti killed an forecasted 230,000 someones.

successful Chile, a massive 8.8 quake on February 27 left an guessed 452

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