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Oh no Mexico Earthquake, last night I was watching the news on tv. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck last night just south of the US-Mexico border, rattling buildings as far away as Los Angeles and closing rides at Disneyland.
The earthquake struck at 3.40pm (10.40pm GMT) in Baja California,Cheap Jordan 5, Mexico, about 19 miles (30km) south-east of Mexicali, according to the US Geological Survey. The area has been hit by magnitude 3.0 quakes all week.
There has been no confirmed damage,Jordan 5 BELARUS CLAMPS DOWN ON PROTESTS AFTER LUKASHENKO SUCCEED - News, but some power outages were reported in southern Arizona and Tijuana, Mexico. Jones says any damage would likely have occurred closer to the epicenter such as in the Mexican city of Mexicali or in U.S. border cities.
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Hundreds of people fled Tijuana's beach fearing a tsunami, said Capt. Juan Manuel Hernandez, chief of aquatic rescue at the Tijuana fire department. Tsunami experts quickly reported that no tsunami was expected along the West Coast, and Hernandez said the beach filled back up with people within an hour.
Tijuana Fire Chief Rafael Carillo said firefighters were rescuing people trapped in an elevator at the Ticuan Hotel in downtown Tijuana, but mostly were responding to reports of fallen cables and minor damage to buildings.
The Crowne Plaza hotel in Mexicali had minor damage -- burst pipes and broken windows -- but no on was hurt, said receptionist Juan Carlos Fernandez.
"There was a little bit of panic," Fernandez said. "Wait, it's trembling again."
Guests fled their rooms at the Hotel Playa Club in San Felipe, on the Gulf of California,Air Jordan Retro 11, but there was no damage, said receptionist Araceli Marquez.
Seismologists said there have been many earthquakes in the region including many in the magnitude-3.0 range before Sunday's big shock.
"The last time we had an earthquake this large in either Baja or California was in 1992 with the Landers Earthquake,New Jordan 2011, which was 7.3," Jones said.
The USGS reported three strong aftershocks within the hour, including a magnitude-5.1 jolt in the Imperial County desert east of San Diego. Magnitude-4.5 and magnitude-4.3 aftershocks were also reported. Another occurred off Malibu.
The 7.2-magnitude quake was felt as far north as Santa Barbara,Cheap Jordan 4, USGS seismologist Susan Potter said. It was one of the strongest to hit California in recent history. Only one has been stronger -- a 7.3 quake that hit Landers,Jordan 4, Calif., and left three dead in 1992 -- and there were at least two other 7.2-magnitude quakes in the last 20 years.
Seismologists also said a number of small quakes were triggered in a geothermal area in Northern California.
More than 5,000 Southern California Edison customers were affected, mostly with about 30 seconds of flickering lights. Several hundred had longer outages.
In Arizona,Air Jordan 11, 3,369 customers in the Yuma area had a "relatively momentary outage" from the quake, Arizona Public Service Company spokesman Don Wool said.
Only about 70 people were still without service in the rural Gadsden and Summerton areas. But Wool said he expected electricity to be restored there in about two hours.
Clint Norred,Air Jordan 1, a spokesman for the Yuma, Ariz.,Nike Jordan Shoes, Police Department, said the quake was very strong there but he'd heard no reports of injuries or major damage.
In the Phoenix area,Nike Jordan 1, Jacqueline Land said her king-sized bed in her second-floor apartment felt like a boat gently swaying on the ocean.
"I thought to myself, 'That can't be an earthquake. I'm in Arizona,Jordan 11,'" the Northern California native said. About the Author
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