Well, it appeared that the 'psychics' were right on C2C. There was an earthquake in California...Gulf of California that did no damage! But an earthquake nonetheless! :-P
Good find, Hal. Thanks for posting this!
I didn't know there was a Gulf of California. I didn't feel anything, but we are already having unusually big waves down at the beach... before this news.
Strong earthquake hits off Mexico's Baja California coast
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - A strong earthquake struck early Wednesday off the Baja California peninsula in the Sea of Cortez, also known as the Gulf of California.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.7-magnitude quake occurred at 12:32 a.m. PST and was centered 425 miles southeast of San Diego and 56 miles northeast of Santa Rosalia, Baja California.
The quake occurred at an estimated depth of 6 miles along an extension of the San Andreas fault, said John Bellini, a geophysicist with the USGS in Golden, Colo.
Bellini said USGS maps indicate that about 2 million people live in areas where the quake would have been felt and about 870,000 of those would have experienced moderate shaking. The population in areas where the shaking would have been most severe was "very sparse," he said.
"It was not enough to really cause anything significant damage-wise," Bellini said.
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A strong earthquake occurred at 08:32:31 (UTC) on Wednesday, January 4, 2006. The magnitude 6.7 event has been located in the GULF OF CALIFORNIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
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Location Maps: Did you feel it?
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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0842Z 04 JAN 2006 THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA. ... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ... THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0833Z 04 JAN 2006 COORDINATES - 28.1 NORTH 112.2 WEST LOCATION - GULF OF CALIFORNIA MAGNITUDE - 7.0 EVALUATION NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA. HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
MAP 4.7 2006/01/04 09:17:57 28.105 -112.506 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 6.7 2006/01/04 08:32:32 28.102 -112.066 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
MAP 4.4 2006/01/04 08:30:39 27.799 -112.278 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
map 2.5 2006/01/04 05:58:10 54.209 -164.008 50.0 UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
map 3.0 2006/01/04 04:37:17 57.907 -156.976 1.0 ALASKA PENINSULA
map 2.5 2006/01/04 03:53:08 61.634 -152.117 120.0 SOUTHERN ALASKA
MAP 4.6 2006/01/04 03:45:05 27.776 -112.155 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
map 3.3 2006/01/04 02:46:06 63.146 -148.964 60.0 CENTRAL ALASKA
MAP 4.9 2006/01/04 01:05:10 27.941 -112.147 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
Several large after shocks - to be expected. 6.7
only about 200 miles from my house in La Paz :-(
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