Posted on 04/04/2010 6:03:57 PM PDT by myknowledge
A POWERFUL 7.2-magnitude earthquake near the Mexico-US border has rocked buildings in Los Angeles and was felt across Southern California and Arizona.
The US Geological Survey said the quake, which struck at 3.40pm local time, was at a depth of 32.3 kilometres and was located 26 kilometres southwest of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico.
It was 64 kilometres southwest of San Luis, in the US state of Arizona, the USGS added.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said its initial assessment found "no significant damage or injuries'' but had responded to an increase in automatic alarms and stuck elevators.
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Really, it did.
Clearly this was caused by Global Warming and Bush.
Gee. I didn’t know a “Darth Vader” video was a “theology lesson”. Somebody needs to take a chill pill.
Felt it here in Phoenix. I work on the 7th floor in a hospital. The building swayed over and over again, making some feel nauseated. To me it felt like I was on drugs all of a sudden. The patient’s and their family members came out into the halls, afraid. The buildings out here are not built for earthquakes.
Pretty scary. At one point I actually had to hold onto a door handle to keep my balance. I could even feel it when sitting in a chair, when it happened over an hour later again. I’ve been out here since 1970, never felt an earthquake ever. The second floor and the first floor had not any feelings of the quake at all.
Why is it that when an earthquake hits the length of time of the quake is rarely mentioned.
Actually S California is probably more conservative than many areas of this country.
It's really not good to get into the “a natural disaster just struck, so those evil people are now getting God's wrath”
It makes us all look like fools.
There is enough sin in any part of this nation, to be zotted when God decides enough is enough.
Sorry, I missed the sarc. My bad. It’s been a long day.
Seems to be neither on the San Andreas nor San Jacinto fault zones. But the San Andreas Fault from San Bernardino to Parkfield; Tick, tick, ..... tick.
I’m in San Diego city limits and hours afterward I thought I was feeling aftershocks caused by the 7.2 quake but it was other unrelated faults moving throughout the desert triggered by the massive 7.2 movement.
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/116-33.htm
Yeah I get a little tired of seeing posts from people that want us to fall off in the ocean or whatever and the assumption that everybody out here deserves such. Wonder where they think Free Republic is located?
Good point. Maybe lackofknowledge should quit the forum due do its evil location.
No worries.
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