6.9 Earthquake in Baja . . . felt in S. California (Updated to 7.2)

USGS ^ | April 4, 2010 | USGS

[TankerKC]

Wow...that was a good shake...it went on for quite a while. Everybody ok?

[Palladin]

How often do they do that —change both the intensity number and the depth measurement?

(Not counting the other day when USGS announced an 8 and quickly changed it to a 3. I think they all smoke pot at that outfit.)

[cleveland gop]

Now we’re seeing some stuff out of Mexico....

[ArmstedFragg]

I’m just north of San Diego. No big issues here. I went through the Northridge quake. When you’re near the center, it’s like a giant is shaking you. As you move away from there, it’s more of a rolling motion. Rolling’s what we got here. Maybe some stuff off of shelves and cracked plaster, that’s about it.

[llmc1]

Good to hear. : )

[DejaJude]

(having been through the 1971 and 1994 quakes in Southern California). (I’m now living in Southeast Florida and we don’t have earthquakes here. Yet.)

I was living in Rosemead in 71. Scariest quake I ever felt and I'm a native of California. I was in Northern CA for the 94 quake, so didn't feel it. I lived in AZ for the last ten years and have just come back to CA. I'm beginning to wonder if that was a big mistake.

[Viking2002]

Pigg got her nickname because she's, well........a PIG. No food (except carrots) is off limits to her palate. This is a dog who will eat sauerkraut (especially if it was rinsed, then mixed with a generous amount of brown sugar, and baked with a juicy pork loin). She is a self-propelled Bottomless Pit, and doesn't resemble her brother Nigel at all anymore (they were twins). The refrigerator is the altar to the god she worships. Nigel (AKA 'Short Leggs') is built like Billy Barty from bow to stern - extra-stubby and bow-legged. He's all black, except for a fawn-colored patch directly around his dung chute, which my mother has gotten quite a bit of amusement out of over the years. She said that it looks like he's wearing long johns, but his flap is open in back. LOL I think I transmitted the essentials on Scrat. LOL

[cake_crumb]

I have to ask...how are you doin out there, you said your apartment building CRACKED? You mentioned it twice. I can’t get hold of my brother, who also lives in San Diego...how bad is it?

[AzSteven]

Felt it in Tucson, though that was only because I was up on the roof appling some roof coating - didn’t know what it was until I finished, showered and turned on the news.

[Palladin]

Uh huh!

And they are still saying “no damage” on CNN and FOX.

[La Enchiladita]

You are not graceful and you don’t know what you’re talking about. You picked a bad time to take your grouchiness out on those of us who have experienced this, know what happened in our homes and simply stated it. Who said anything about “up and down?” You are just one of those fight-pickers, no matter the occasion.

What a miserable person you must be to feel you must pick on us. Find something else to do.

[tubebender]

What are ya wtching?

[Shelayne]

I called my brother in Temecula to wish him a Happy Resurrection Day, and he told me of the earthquake. I had no idea, so I zipped over here.

He said they definitely felt it there. Wow.

Prayers for those affected.

[cake_crumb]

Oh, good, hopefully, but Larry lives toward the South side.

[cleveland gop]

Well figuring that it’s Easter, there’s probably a bunch of unmotivated kids watching everything.

[ArmstedFragg]

The epicenter’s sixty miles east of there and twenty south.

[Palladin]

IOW, nobody’s minding the store.

[SevenofNine]

Yeah I was on Twitter earlier during Laker game I like Easter Bunny having weight problem LOL!

[null and void]

Something fell in the family room but I havent checked yet.

Typical FReeper...

[Strategerist]

Initial earthquake locations and magnitudes by the USGS are COMPLETELY automatic - done by a computer. It usually works pretty well, but there are “hiccups” at times.

Within half an hour or so, you’ll see a change for most large quakes with the words “This quake has been reviewed by a seismologist.”

The larger the quake the more you’ll see the magnitude revised. It’s normal for revisions to happen multiple times.

For really large quakes you’ll see arguments over the magnitude of the quake go on for months.

[califamily4W]

local coverage, plenty of damage in Mexico...

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=7367276

...LA Fire Captain speaking now.