Magnitude 6.6 quake hits Mexico's Baja California, off the coast -USGS

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Strong quake hits off Mexico's Baja California

MEXICO CITY | Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - A powerful magnitude 6.9 quake struck in the Sea of Cortez off Mexico's Baja California on Thursday, rattling buildings in tourist resorts but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

"It was felt strongly, the lamp (on the ceiling) moved but there is no damage, not even broken glass," said Monserrat Gorostieta, a receptionist at a hotel in the resort of La Paz in Baja California.

Civil Defense officials in the state of Sinaloa on the east coast of the Sea of Cortez said they had no reports of damage but were investigating reports that some buildings had been evacuated.

The quake, initially reported by the U.S. Geological Survey as a magnitude 6.6, was centered in the Sea of Cortez, 65 miles south of Los Mochis in the state of Sinaloa on the mainland. It was very shallow, just 6.2 miles below the seabed.

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[Brother Buzz]

1. 85 miles north east of La Paz

In the Sea of Cortez.

[HereSince1628]

2. That's one heck of an AFTER shock!

Is it possible that one was induced by the swarm that preceded it?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. No, this is it's own event

It is way south of the swarm

[HereSince1628]

8. It looked to be just north of the 7 or so that struck in the past

several days. And that group included two that were fivseys. I think we talking about a different swarm? Maybe my "swarm" was just a mess-o-quakes.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Hmm eas thinking of the one what six months ago?

[HereSince1628]

13. Yea up at the north end of the gulf...I think that may still be happening..

Interestingly, at the beginning that one seemed to have activity drift slowly northward, too.

Look out San Francisco--that big one could happen this century!

[haele]

3. Close to the entrance of the Gulf of California

Wonder how much of that is based off stresses from the earthquakes earlier this year near Mexicali.
It is part of the San Andreas/Central American Highlands fault zones...

Haele

[Brother Buzz]

11. That might be a stretch

It might be comparable to seismic activity in Crescent City triggering an earthquake in Los Angeles.

[Lochloosa]

4. Up to 6.9 now

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010crbl.php

Magnitude 6.9
Date-Time Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 17:53:14 UTC
Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 11:53:14 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 24.843°N, 109.171°W
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region GULF OF CALIFORNIA
Distances 105 km (65 miles) S of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
125 km (75 miles) SW of Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico
140 km (85 miles) NE of La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
1200 km (740 miles) WNW of MEXICO CITY, D.F., Mexico

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.1 km (3.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=187, Nph=187, Dmin=843.1 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp=133°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID us2010crbl

[sce56]

5. Took some time to find it on the map almost as far south in Baja as you can go!

Right on the Tectonic Plate boundary which is also the line the San Andreas fall along!

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. There will be damage

Thankfully it is not under a population center

But I expect some damage in both La Paz and Reynosa. Mostly broken windows.

[necso]

9. It appears it's this event:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010crbl.php

Quite some distance from the "storm" of earthquakes that SoCal and northern Baja have had in the last months.

{Already linked; I'll leave it.}
...

But I can quit the tobacco chewing (I don't spit anymore, anyway)... honest. And cut back on the tobacco smoking.

And lose some weight.

Honest.

[MiniMe]

10. There wa a 5.8, a 5.5, and a 5.7 in the same place yesterday

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/250_25.php

[Viva_La_Revolution]

14. all pretty shallow, that's good.

Date lat lon strength depth
21-OCT-2010 17:53:14 24.84 -109.17 6.9 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
21-OCT-2010 15:38:06 24.84 -109.16 4.6 26.8 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
21-OCT-2010 15:14:08 24.51 -109.17 4.2 10.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA
21-OCT-2010 14:26:41 24.56 -109.29 4.7 26.0 GULF OF CALIFORNIA

[sce56]

15. Hey just in time for the great california shakeout today

http://www.shakeout.org/



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