Earthquakes In Sea Of Cortez Don't Appear To Have Shaken Many Up [EARTHQUAKE]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2009/08/earthquakes-in-sea-of-cortez-dont-appear-to-have-sh ^ | 08/03/09 | Staff

[BunnySlippers]

An employee at Guillermo's Sportfishing, Hotel and Restaurant said the larger quake was "muy fuerte" (very strong) but did not break anything.

In San Felipe, the nearest large community to the north, about 150 miles away, "People report that they may have felt something but there are no reports of damage at this time," according to a 1 p.m. report on Sanfelipe.com.

In Loreto, the largest city to the south, shaking was hardly felt. "My door slammed, but that could have been the wind," said Wendy Wilson, who lives in a Loreto RV Park.

[Parley Baer]

I believe this is an extension of the San Andreas fault. It would be interesting if the level of the land between the Sea of Cortez and the Salton Sea dropped below sea level. A good portion of it already is.

[al baby]

Chandeliers swayed in Irvine Ca. today

[Sicvee]

You are correct. This is northward movement along the fault, just part of the continuing journey of the peninsula which should place it alongside San Francisco in 40 million years.