aldosalato
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Earthquake Sea of Cortez North of S.Rosalia
http://rev.seis.sc.edu/earthquakes/2006/01/04/08/32/31
anybody with first hand news?
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Bob and Susan
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6.7 is pretty BIG!!!
Surf's up!!!
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2006/ushmal/
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Bob and Susan
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location...
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Mexico Is Hit by Magnitude 6.7 Offshore Earthquake
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a71c...
Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the Gulf of California, between Mexico's Baja California Sur and Sonora states, the U.S.
Geological Survey said.
The temblor struck at about 1:32 a.m. local time today, 89 kilometers (56 miles) north-northeast of Santa Rosalia in Baja California Sur, and 101 km
southwest of La Doce, Sonora, the survey group said in a preliminary report on its Web site. There was no immediate news of any damage. At least one
aftershock, with a magnitude of 4.7, struck the region.
No ``destructive Pacific-wide'' threat of a tsunami exists as a result of the quake, though local tsunamis are possible, the Pacific Tsunami Warning
Center said in an e-mailed advisory. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said that no watch or warning was in place in Alaska, British
Columbia, Oregon and California, though ``small sea-level changes'' are possible.
``Earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometers of the
earthquake epicenter,'' the Pacific center said. ``Authorities in the region of the epicenter should be aware of this possibility and take appropriate
action.''
The earthquake struck at a depth of about 10 km. The Pacific and West Coast centers put the magnitude of the earthquake at 7.0 and 6.9 respectively.
Three other quakes, with magnitudes from 4.4 to 4.9, hit the gulf before the bigger temblor, according to the survey group. A magnitude-4.7 aftershock
struck 88 km north of Santa Rosalia at about 2:18 a.m. local time, the USGS said.
The dollar extended a decline against the euro after the earthquake struck. The U.S. currency weakened to $1.2069 per euro by 9:42 a.m. in London,
from $1.2018 in New York yesterday.
Earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above are listed as ``major,'' and those between magnitudes 6 and 6.9 are ``strong.'' The Dec. 26, 2004 earthquake that
generated the tsunami that devastated coastal areas across the Indian Ocean was magnitude 9, a ``great'' earthquake.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1468991
Jan 4, 2006 ? MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A strong earthquake hit the Gulf of California off the Mexican coast on Wednesday and was felt strongly in some
cities, but disaster services said there were no immediate reports of damage.
The U.S Geological Survey Web site said the quake struck at 0832 GMT (0332 EST) 89 km (56 miles) from Santa Rosalia on the east coast of the Baja
California peninsula. It said it was 1,620 km (1,010 miles) northwest of Mexico City.
Mexican disaster services received phone calls from nervous residents in the cities of Hermosillo and Guaymas - both in Sonora state - where the quake
was felt strongly, but said no damage had been reported.
"People are calling to say it shook, but there have been no reports of damage," said Alonso Pesquera of Sonora's Civil Protection Agency.
The Gulf of California is a body of water that separates the Baja California peninsula from the northern Mexican mainland. The nearby coastal areas in
Mexico are relatively unpopulated.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said on its Web site "no destructive Pacific-wide tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami
data."
It gave the quake's magnitude as 7 and warned that earthquakes of that size "sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts
located within 100 km (60 miles) of the earthquake epicenter."
USGS geophysicist Bruce Presgrave told Reuters by telephone that tsunami-like waves had not been reported in Mexico following the quake.
"If there had been we would known about it already," he said. The horizontal motion of this fault makes it very unlikely that a tsunami would be
generated."
Tsunamis are normally caused by vertical movements on the sea floor, while earthquakes along California's San Andreas fault, linked to the fault line
in the Gulf of California, are generally caused by horizontal movements, Presgrave said.
Markets in Europe moved on reports of the quake. It boosted demand for safe-haven government bonds, lifting U.S, euro zone bond futures and the Swiss
franc sharply higher
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Pablo
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Earthquake Sea of Cortez
Here are the details on the earthquake that occured early this morning in the Sea of Cortez.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2006/ushmal/
Pablo
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pangamadness
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No news reports will say if anyone felt the quake in Baja or if it went un noticed. Was there any damage? They just say it happened and there were
aftershocks? Any one know if it was felt in Baja or any other info?
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zforbes
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There is a map on the site listed that shows reports from people who felt the quake from Guaymas, Hermosillo & Guerrero Negro (at this reading).
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Bob and Susan
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From Brenda of Santa Rosalia ....
http://www.santarosaliacasitas.com
YAH, I FELT IT.
I SAT UP STRAIGHT IN BED.
LUPE SAID HER WINDOWS SHOOK.
EVERYTHING SEEMS OK.
THANK GOD.
WHAT A RIDE.
BRENDA
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Reeljob
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Just talked to a friend in San Carlos. Felt several pretty strong, but no damage visable.
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PabloS
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A first hand report from Tioga and George.
http://vagabonders-supreme.net/blog/blog.html
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bajalou
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Nor I in San Felipe -
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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Tucker
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I didn't feel it here.
\"I think it would be a good idea.\"
-- Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization
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backninedan
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Didnt feel a thing in Loreto
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Mexray
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Another 'shaker' map...
...gives an indication of where the quake was felt the most. I wonder how the group up in BOLA felt the event?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/shakemap/global/shake/hmal_06/int...
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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JZ
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Many people felt it in San Carlos. There were 3 before this one over an 18 hour period or so. Many felt those as well.
[Edited on 1-5-2006 by JZ]
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rpleger
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In Muleg?,
Some people felt it and others didn't.
No big deal, Yet.
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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Interesting
January 5, 2006
Tijuana News
Expert Warns of Possible Quake Catastrophe
An earthquake expert with Ensenada's Center for Scientific
Research and Advanced Studies (CICESE) warned this week
that Tijuana is especially vulnerable to widepspread
destruction from a possible quake. Researcher Luis Mendoza
Garcilazo's warning came after a 6.7 movement on the
Richter scale was registered in the Sea of Cortes off Baja
California last Wednesday, January 4. Mendoza said
Tijuana's pattern of housing construction, characterized
by many irregular settlements built in rough terrain with
unstable soil conditions, render the city highly
vulnerable to a strong earthquake. Mendoza contended that
the city could not withstand a quake the magnitude of last
Wednesday's tremor.
According to Mendoza, Tijuana was chosen as a participant
in a 1998 program sponsored by the United Nations,
academic institutions and government agencies for the
purpose of mapping out highly at-risk zones from
earthquakes. He added that researchers concluded Tijuana
could not withstand a 6.5 quake, but the program was
suspended because of political changes in Tijuana
municipal adminstrations. Mendoza called for not only the
continuation of the mapping program, but for the avoidance
of future construction in the most vulnerable zones as
well. A city of more than one million people, Tijuana
absorbs 100,000 new residents every year, according to
some estimates.
The Sea of Cortes quake was the strongest of 6 tremors
detected in northwestern Mexico on January 3 and 4 of this
year. The 6.7 tremor was mainly felt in the state of
Sonora, on the eastern side of the Sea of Cortes, or the
Gulf of California as the the body of water is also known.
The tremor was felt in the cities of Hermosillo, Guayamas
and Cajeme, but authorities did not report any victims.
Source: El Universal, January 5, 2005. Articles by Julieta
Martinez, Marcelo Beyliss and E. Villanueva.
Frontera NorteSur (FNS): on-line, U.S.-Mexico border news
Center for Latin American and Border Studies
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico
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aha baja
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Felt it strong at Camp Gecko. No damage to anything here.felt two good aftershocks same no damage.
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