Gulf of California rockin' and rollin' today

[theHandpuppet]

Seven moderate quakes in just the past four hours. Two strongest at 5.8 and 5.9.

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

DATE and TIME (UTC)
LATITUDE
LONGITUDE
MAGNITUDE
DEPTH km
REGION

20-OCT-2010 07:35:45
24.33
-108.95
4.4
10.1
GULF OF CALIFORNIA

20-OCT-2010 06:58:18
24.69
-109.00
5.8
23.7
GULF OF CALIFORNIA

20-OCT-2010 05:51:22
24.35
-109.11
4.2
10.7
GULF OF CALIFORNIA

20-OCT-2010 04:30:38
24.28
-109.27
4.7
10.0
GULF OF CALIFORNIA

20-OCT-2010 04:15:39
24.50
-109.12
5.5
26.9
GULF OF CALIFORNIA

20-OCT-2010 04:09:44
24.60
-109.10
5.9
13.2
GULF OF CALIFORNIA

20-OCT-2010 03:39:29
24.76
-108.86
4.7
8.1
GULF OF CALIFORNIA

[malaise]

1. Stay safe

:grouphug:

[Motown_Johnny]

2. don't worry, it isn't 2012 yet... oh wait, didn't I just see something about that on another thread?

never mind

[Xipe Totec]

3. And to some of us it's called the Sea of Cortes, not Gulf of California

;)

[theHandpuppet]

4. Noted

I'm only going by the terms as given by the USGS, though I'm not for honoring Hernando Cortes any more than I celebrate "Columbus Day".

[Xipe Totec]

5. Keep in mind that it was Cortes that named California

after a mythical land from the chivalric novel "Sergas de Esplandián" Published in 1510

"Know, that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it is peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they live in the manner of Amazons".

http://www.citizendia.org/Garci_Rodr%C3%ADguez_de_Montalvo

[theHandpuppet]

7. Yes, I've read several accounts of the origins of "California"

That one I found particularly interesting.

[hunter]

6. You never know if that's ominous or not.

Volcanoes and giant earthquakes, oh my!

It's not like it hasn't happened before.

[theHandpuppet]

8. Update: Gulf is hit by a 6.9 quake!

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

[HCE SuiGeneris]

9. Yikes

Let's hope it stays confined to the open sea down there.

[Xithras]

10. The southern end of the Gulf is widening by about 3 inches a year.

It's an extremely active seismic area. The whole peninsula has been rifting off the mainland for a couple million years, and will eventually become an island.