5.9 quake rumbles under Gulf of California

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: Gannet

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake was recorded Tuesday morning underneath the Gulf of California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake struck hundreds of miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border at about 11:44 a.m. local time, which is 10:44 a.m. in California.

It was centered 54 miles southwest of Los Mochis in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, where only weak shaking had been reported by 12:14 p.m. local time, a half-hour after the quake.

Read more: http://www.mydesert.com/article/20110726/NEWS0805/110726015/5-9-quake-rumbles-under-Gulf-California

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5.9 earthquake, Gulf of California. Jul 26 11:44am at epicenter (23m ago, 87km SW of Los Mochis, depth 10km).

map
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/22.32.-115.-105.php

[FBaggins]

1. Why is that breaking news?

The world averages one about that size every day. Nobody lives there and it isn't likely to cause a dangerous tsunami.

[Poll_Blind]

2. The world may average one a day but if it happens close to the US, people probably want to know...

...about it.

:shrug:

PB

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. actually, we've been having between 5 - 9 EACH day lately

we have however been averaging one 6+ per day.

This one was directly on the fault, and was the site of a swarm of 4 (5+) quakes in 2009.

it bears close watching.

[Justina For Justice]

5. Why Are You Upset About This Post......

concerned about the waste of precious digits?

I have relatives on the west coast, therefore I am interested in seismic activity there and thank the poster for posting.

[FBaggins]

8. Who said I was upset?

I was just wondering whether there was something more to the original post.

I have relatives on the west coast,

That's nice. I used to live there and few people cared about an earthquake in the 5s hundreds of miles away. They happen all the time.

[Myrina]

9. Thank you for being the self-appointed arbiter of what's news.

:eyes: Where would we be without you to tell us what's worth reading or not? :eyes:

[FBaggins]

10. Thank you for being the self-appointed arbiter of what questions are worth asking.

Where... etc.

You can see that multiple posters have seen "earthquake" in breaking news and run with the assumption that it means a great deal more than it does. Asking whether there's more to the story than what was posted may very well have kept some readers from making the same mistake.

Your post OTOH... not so much. :)

[kestrel91316]

12. You seem terribly unhappy with nearly everything and everyone on DU,

particularly when it concerns societal well-being.

Wouldn't you perhaps be happier elsewhere?

[Badsam]

4. Sea of Cortez?

[DeSwiss]

6. It's really been popping this week......

Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/">



- I think another BIG one's on its way.....

K&R

[AtheistCrusader]

7. There's always a big one on it's way.

:sigh:

[sakabatou]

11. Felt nothing here (North CA).