Sunday, April 04, 2010

EASTER EARTHQUAKE ROCKS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO BOARDER!

BREAKING NEWS

THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/MEXICO BOARDER AREA HAS BEEN ROCKED WITH A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE OF 6.9 to 7.3 on the Richter Scale.

I am in CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA, 100 miles to the north of the epicenter and we felt this quake that lasted for almost one minute.  I was actually driving in my car at Alondra Boulevard and Carmenita Road when the earthquake hit and it felt like my car was going to tip over.

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 6.9
Date-Time Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 22:40:39 UTC
Sunday, April 04, 2010 at 03:40:39 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 32.093°N, 115.249°W
Depth 32.3 km (20.1 miles)
Region BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Distances 26 km (16 miles) SSW (211°) from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
61 km (38 miles) SW (227°) from San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, Mexico
64 km (40 miles) SW (225°) from San Luis, AZ
173 km (108 miles) ESE (106°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.8 km (3.6 miles); depth +/- 21.1 km (13.1 miles)
Parameters Nph=014, Dmin=76 km, Rmss=0.2 sec, Gp=292°,
M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=1
Source California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID ci14607652


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