Quake hits Mexico/US border

Quake hits Mexico/US border

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A 5.5 quake has hit mexican Us boder reports UK news.

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Hope this is just a tremor and nothing to serious.
The size is small by some standards but the position is all important.

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A 5.5 quake has hit mexican Us boder reports UK news.

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Hope this is just a tremor and nothing to serious.
The size is small by some standards but the position is all important.



[edit on 30-12-2009 by Did you see them]

Oh, so that's what it was!

I live in San Ysidro, so that's right smack next to the Mexican border (Tijuana).

Unlike the mysterious "boom and rattle" that happened, what, last week? This tremor felt very 'wave-like'

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typical.
thats not very big for that area, actually.

When you google earthquake, it says 3.5 1 hour ago baja California.

Aren't they common in that region?

IRIS only lists >=4.0 and has nothing noted anywhere near that area.

and a two...

and a three...

It's a 5.8 according to USGS at 10:48 this morning with several other smaller ones following.



[edit on 30/12/2009 by Iamonlyhuman]

Originally posted by xDove007
Oh, so that's what it was!

I live in San Ysidro, so that's right smack next to the Mexican border (Tijuana).

Unlike the mysterious "boom and rattle" that happened, what, last week? This tremor felt very 'wave-like'

Yep! I'm not too far from Algodones. I was born and raised in SOCA.

Just a little wavy earthquake. No major structures I'm aware of to sustain major damage or injure people.

we had a 3.5 in nebraska a week and a half ago followed by a meteor exploding over the earthquake site about 7 minutes later

Originally posted by jam321
When you google earthquake, it says 3.5 1 hour ago baja California.

Aren't they common in that region?

Fairly common. Not too far from Yucca Valley.

Deepens on what fault. Established or new.

This was a 5.8 earthquake people. It swayed buildings in downtown San Diego. Yes earthquakes are common in this part of the country but this was a big one.

Yeah, I noticed it as it happened and did a quick check. first report was 3.5 near Hermosillo, now reported as 3.2.

No big. Wouldn't have noticed it if I hadn't been looking at the right thing at the right time and noticed a wobble.

I'm sitting just above San Luis Mexico.

It was a good roller.

Anyone here in Calif?
Sea lions left San Fran Wharf today, Birds doing anything? Birds are a good indicator that something is coming geologically.

Alot of geological activity near Baja last hour

earthquake.usgs.gov...

MAP 2.6 2009/12/30 19:38:42 32.431 -115.150 27.7 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.9 2009/12/30 19:35:29 32.472 -115.195 12.5 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.8 2009/12/30 19:30:09 32.501 -115.184 25.5 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.8 2009/12/30 19:26:46 32.459 -115.189 27.1 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 3.2 2009/12/30 19:23:58 32.448 -115.179 28.6 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 3.2 2009/12/30 19:21:18 32.307 -115.143 3.5 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.7 2009/12/30 19:17:34 32.502 -115.171 2.0 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 3.0 2009/12/30 19:12:21 32.388 -115.138 0.8 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.0 2009/12/30 19:07:40 32.466 -115.195 3.4 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 3.4 2009/12/30 19:04:51 32.385 -115.115 35.0 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 4.8 2009/12/30 18:53:23 32.508 -115.210 6.0 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 5.8 2009/12/30 18:48:57 32.467 -115.195 6.0 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.6 2009/12/30 17:57:45 32.456 -115.174 27.3 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 3.5 2009/12/30 17:54:13 32.448 -115.179 15.0 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.5 2009/12/30 02:19:42 33.224 -119.185 6.0 CHANNEL ISLANDS REGION, CALIFORNIA
MAP 2.6 2009/12/28 08:45:44 32.016 -115.500 2.9 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 2.6 2009/12/27 19:58:21 32.121 -115.737 6.0 BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 3.9 2009/12/26 23:02:08 32.948 -115.923 14.3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Originally posted by PatriotG
Anyone here in Calif?
Sea lions left San Fran Wharf today, Birds doing anything? Birds are a good indicator that something is coming geologically.

I'm in the beach cities in Southern California, about 120 miles north of San Diego, and I didn't feel a thing up here.

And it's raining here today, so the birds and animals are pretty much all hunkered down to stay out of the rain. My dog is usually a pretty good earthquake predictor, but no strange behavior from her today...so far anyway.