Earthquake Moves a California City
On April 4th, an earthquake occured in California that measured a 7.2 on the Richter Scale and was mostly felt in the southwestern cities of California and even in Mexico. The city of Baja was the most impacted by the quake. The residents have suffered thousands of after shocks since its strike.
NASA ran images on the city after the quake and the results were very surprising to residents. This particular quake moved the city more than what they expected. The total movement was about 80 centimeters, however what is interesting is that Baja moved not only south, but also further into the ground.
Though residents were surprised, officials say that there is nothing to be scared of, as this is a normal part of Earth’s activity. Experts are quick to point out that this has happened before.
The event has now been given the name of El Mayor-Cucapah. This particular quake is a part of the San Andreas fault line, which has many people wondering if the worse is yet to come. This quake was the worse to hit the area in the last 120 years. There were two deaths and hundreds injured when El Mayor-Cucapah hit the cities.
I think you need to get your facts straight.
BAJA is a land peninsula attached to the California Border w/Mexico.
There is not a City of BAJA! The Baja peninsula is divided into Baja Norte [North] and Baja Sur [South]. The E.Q. happened in Baja, Mexico, 10 miles south of the Baja City of “Mexicali” not in California!
It was felt in strongly in the California border towns of Calexico, El Centro and San Diego, California. The fault is not part of the San Andreas Fault. We were approx. 125 miles south of the epicenter and suffered NO damage.
You have lots of Canadian Snow Birds that come to our beautiful Baja to enjoy. They know what and where this event occurred, your reporter needs a Geography lesson! We live there 8 months of the year since 1983. It is a wonderful, safe place as long as you do not get involved in the drug culture.
Where is Baja city?
Baja city (1991 est. pop. 38 867) S Hungary on the Danube River. This answer was verified with Encyclopedia.com
Get more facts and information about Baja from The Columbia Encyclopedia,
Sixth Edition at Encyclopedia.com.
The geological social gurus would have the world to accept that the San Andreas Fault stops at the Salton Sea period, and that everything beyond has to be contributed to some
other non-related fault.
This is great news for we who live south of the border,
knowing that when the “BIG ONE” does come, it will stopped
in its tracks at Interstate 8; However Comma, the ferry from
Santa Catalina Island will need bigger gas tanks, since the
first stops will either be Las Vegas, Nevada or Yuma, Arizona
No doubt your reporter did have good intentions, just
bad directions. Kinda like the traveler in a fancy sports car
who stopped on a rural road, asking a farmer how to get to
a certain town. Farmer said “Can’t know”. Traveler asked,
“Where’s the highway?” Farmer said “Can’t Know.” Traveler
asked “Where am I?” Farmer said “Can’t know.” Traveler asked
“Anything you do know?” Farmer said “Yup.” Traveler Asked
“What’s that?” Farmer said “I ain’t the one that’s lost.”
Warm Regards
Patrick and Alicia Mslone
Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos
B.C.S (British Columbia South)
Mexico