Baja California quake knocks out power, cracks bridges

[CreekDog]

Source: MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) via SF Gate

A moderate earthquake rocked Baja California, shutting down factories near the U.S. border and leaving 400,000 people without power into early Saturday, authorities said.

However, no major damage or injuries were reported.

The quake that struck at about 11:12 p.m. Friday had a magnitude of 5.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado.

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The quake was centered 20 miles southeast of the border city of Mexicali and about 100 miles east of Tijuana.

"It has been felt pretty widely in Southern California, southwestern Arizona and probably northern Mexico," USGS geophysicist Jessica Sigala said.

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The quake left about 400,000 people without electricity and 1.2 million without cellular telephone service, but service was restored at around 4 a.m. local time (1200 GMT), said Fire Capt. Rene Rosado, director of civil defense in Mexicali.

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Two bridges showed 5- to 8-centimeter (2- to 3-inch) cracks and were closed until engineers could determine they were safe, he said.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/02/09/entertainment/e001919S72.DTL

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This happened right along the California/Mexico border about 100 miles east of San Diego/Tijuana.

[NMDemDist2]

1. it woke up my in laws in Yuma

said it was rocking and rolling over there....

[CreekDog]

3. Wow.

Anything that wakes up Yuma is big news indeed.

Oops, sorry. :evilgrin:

[liberal N proud]

2. God is not happy with all the Clinton and Obama supporters

This is his punishment for all the attacks one campaign and their supporters have been doing on the other.


:sarcasm:



Truly hope everyone is safe and damage is not too severe.

[Bobbieo]

4. I live in Yuma and didn't feel a thing!!! That is unusual for me.

Didn't even know about it until my son saw it on the news. Was only 5.4 on the scale so maybe that is why.