View Full Version : M7.2 Quake hits Cali/Mexico Border



venture
04-04-2010, 05:59 PM
UPDATE 6:58PM - Magnitude is being increased to 7.2 according to Cal Tech.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/ci/14607652/us/ci14607652_ciim.jpg

Magnitude
7.2 (originally 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

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/27.37.-120.-110.gif

venture
04-04-2010, 06:03 PM
Looks like the OGS stations are picking up on the quakes as well.

Leonard Mountain Geophysical Observatory - Transportable Array (http://www.okgeosurvey1.gov/pages/seismic-stations/transportable-array.php)

You can click through the various ones on the list there.