Click on the "I Felt It" button behind the corresponding earthquake.Your earthquake experience is not only important for science, but also for people in the area as well as our global readership. Then, it continued to build, and I thought, oh, that’s a strong earthquake here! None was found, and the rides were running again within 50 minutes, said spokesman Dave Koontz. Rescue teams with dogs and digging equipment were rushing to Mexicali from nearby Tijuana, but a landslide along that highway was slowing traffic. Facility manager Agustin Ramirez shows repairs made to a section of the Imperial County Courthouse damaged by the 2010 Easter earthquake in El Centro on Wednesday. [33] 25,000 people overall were impacted by the earthquake. El Centro, CA has a very high earthquake risk, with a total of 10,582 earthquakes since 1931. This is a developing field situation, as geologists are working to locate and measure the lateral extent of the surface faulting. The 7.2 temblor also cracked the main aqueduct that carries Colorado River water from Mexicali to Tijuana, leaving Tijuana residents severely limited in their water use. Repair defective electrical wiring, leaky gas lines and inflexible utility connections. I landed on my left arm and then my knees.”, “Everything that could fall over seems to have fallen and broken.”, “It scared the crap out of me. 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A simple text format suitable for loading data … EL CENTRO, Calif. — An estimated 4.5-magnitude earthquake near the California-Mexico border has shaken a wide area of Southern California including San Diego. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards Find articles, news, videos, pictures, links and facts about El Centro. A 6.9 earthquake has just struck Mexicali, Mexico - near El Centro, CA. The United States Geological Survey detected the quake at 6:13 p.m. with an epicenter 0.9 miles east of El Centro. [5] By the early hours of the following morning, scientists had measured 100 aftershocks. The Imperial California El Centro earthquake comes after a Baja Earthquake moments before. Additionally, a 5.3 aftershock hit the region very close to the mainshock epicenter on April 8, at approximately 9:44 AM local time. The Ocotillo 2010 earthquake today in the Imperial Calexico region is one of several notable earthquake aftershocks still shaking Southern California and Mexico after that 7.2 earthquake Sunday. [19], The quake was felt for about 40 seconds in Tijuana, Baja California, located 174 kilometers (108 mi) to the west-southwest, where it caused buildings to sway and knocked out power in parts of the city. An earthquake has hit Imperial, California near El Centro. 2010-04-05 00:07:09 UTC at 00:07 April 05, 2010 UTC Location: Epicenter at 32.018, -115.017 3.2 km from Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso) (1.2 miles) Depth: 10 km The first earthquake hit at 6:07 p.m., less than a mile east of El Centro and had a magnitude of 2.8 with a depth of 10.3 miles, according to initial information from the U.S Geological Survey. Fasten shelves, mirrors, and large picture frames to walls. Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, 40th District, on Friday visits different parts of El Centro Regional Medical Center that were damaged by Sunday’s Baja California earthquake. The biggest hospital in Mexicali planned to move all its patients to other facilities because of structural damage. The quake rattled buildings in downtown Los Angeles, toppled bottles off shelves, and briefly halted rides at Disneyland. If not now, when? Another aftershock measuring a similar magnitude struck Southern California on the morning of April 11. [6], Four aftershocks with a magnitude of at least 5 have been reported; one at a magnitude of 5.2,[15] one at 5.4,[16] one at 5.1,[17] and one at a magnitude of 5.7, all four within one hour. 28: EL-CENTRO COMP S00E: Data (ground accelerations) N = 2689. dt = 0.02 sec. The San Diego International Airport had a minor water leak at Gate 33 in Terminal 2, which was briefly evacuated while workers checked for any gas leaks. The 1940 El Centro earthquake (or 1940 Imperial Valley earthquake) occurred at 21:35 Pacific Standard Time on May 18 (05:35 UTC on May 19) in the Imperial Valley in southeastern Southern California near the international border of the United States and Mexico.It had a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Intense) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The 2010 Baja California earthquake (also known as 2010 Easter earthquake, 2010 Sierra El Mayor earthquake, or 2010 El Mayor – Cucapah earthquake) occurred on April 4 (Easter Sunday) with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The aftershocks are being felt most acutely in Mexicali, El Centro, Calexico and other border towns hit hardest by the temblor. The biggest temblor hit at 3:40 p.m., its epicenter estimated to be 108 miles east-southeast of Tijuana in Mexico. I don't want to anthropomorphize, but it's like this quake was goading the San Andreas. 2010-05-08 18:33:11 UTC 5.0 magnitude, 6 km depth Seeley, California, United States 5.0 magnitude earthquake 2010-05-08 18:33:11 UTC at 18:33 May 08, 2010 UTC She assumed from the bouncing that the cables had snapped. [32], The day after the quake, Baja California Governor José Guadalupe Osuna asked the federal government for a state of emergency to be declared. [13] It occurred at 22:40 UTC (1540 local time) on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, and it is said to have lasted about a minute and 29 seconds. At Imperial, 80 percent of the buildings were damaged to some degree. Here is the latest. Estimated depth: 2.2 miles. The main quake in April had transferred stress to fault zones farther north, triggering the aftershock. MAPS! [22], In the early morning hours of April 10, 2010, an aftershock measuring magnitude 4.4 was felt throughout most of Southern California and Baja California. Fire department personnel checked out an apartment building on Kansas Street in North Park, where cracks were found. Earthquake Information for El Centro, California. At Imperial, 80 percent of the buildings were damaged to some degree. The earthquake was the result of a rupture along the Imperial Fault, with its epicenter 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Calexico, California. By next year, the building will crumble, literally, after it gets demolished. A swarm of small earthquakes has struck near the California-Mexico border, centered beneath the town of El Centro in Imperial County. Kakumin Fuji-naga wrapped the sculpture in a blanket and carried it out to his car. After the initial shock, to protect the church’s gold statue of Amida Buddha, Rev. The shock originated at 15:40:41 local time (3:40:41 PM PDT) south of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico. This fault line was named the Indiviso Fault, after the nearby town of El Indiviso. Join the discussion on Facebook or Twitter and find more about temblor, tremor or quakes that have occurred in El Centro quakes. CITY COUNCILS CARLSBAD The Carlsbad City Council met in closed session Tuesday to discuss litigation. Estimated depth: 4.3 miles. [6][7], By the distribution of aftershocks and using radar interferometry, the main shock rupture was found to have occurred on a previously unmapped fault in the Cucapa Mountains and beneath the Colorado River Delta. 1960 NBCC The seismic design provisions of the 1960 NBCC (NRCC 1960) were essentially the same as the 1953 NBCC. By contrast, the quake’s impact in San Diego was fleeting, disrupting the Easter Sundays of many while they assessed the damage. Some smaller earthquakes followed. The Strong Motion Earthquake Data Values of Digitized Strong-Motion Accelerograms is a database of over 15,000 digitized and processed accelerograph records from 1933 to 1994. Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, 40th District, on Friday visits different parts of El Centro Regional Medical Center that were damaged by Sunday’s Baja California earthquake. "[22] It remains to be seen how the 1,300 km (810 mi) San Andreas Fault was affected by these temblors. In the last two decades, only one earthquake has been stronger in California— a 7.3 quake that hit Landers and left three dead in 1992 — and there were at least two other 7.2-magnitude quakes in the last 20 years. The 1940 El Centro earthquake was the first major earthquake to be recorded by a strong-motion seismograph located next to a fault rupture (Hough, S.E. Intensity VI (Strong) shaking was felt in the Imperial Valley towns of Ocotillo, Calipatria, Brawley, and Holtville. The estimated depth was 19 miles. Most of the damage occurred in the twin cities of Mexicali and Calexico on the Mexico–United States border. This feed adheres to the USGS Earthquakes Feed Lifecycle Policy. This station registered 0.50 g (0.80 g vertical), with a shaking duration of 8 seconds, during the 1981 5.7 M earthquake centered 7 kilometers north of the station. At 3:40 PM PSt, a 6.9 earthquake struck Baja California. In the business district of Brawley, all structures were damaged, and about 50 percent had to be condemned. A major earthquake occurred at 3:40:40 PM (PDT) on Sunday, April 4, 2010. El Centro, CA has a very high earthquake risk, with a total of 8,887 earthquakes since 1931. The USGS database shows that there is a 99.30% chance of a major earthquake within 50km of El Centro, CA within the next 50 years. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias), U.S. Geological Survey maps of recent earthquake activity. [19] The San Diego International Airport also had a water leak at Gate 33 in Terminal 2, and the terminal was evacuated for about 10 minutes due to fears of a natural gas leak. The 4 April 2010 earthquake and its damage reached the adjacent U.S. El Centro Metropolitan Area and Imperial County, California. The 89-second quake was widely felt throughout northwest Mexico and southern California. The energy seems to be moving northward toward the San Andreas Fault. For its Colors of the Year, Pantone picks a union exuding “positivity and fortitude — Ultimate Gray and Illuminating. More to follow. this week: 3.3 in ... 2010-04-04 22:40:43 UTC 7.2 magnitude, 4 km depth Delta, Baja California, Mexico. The USGS database shows that there is a 99.30% chance of a major earthquake within 50km of El Centro, CA within the next 50 years. Whether or not this is the Cerro Prieto Fault is unclear as of April 5. She’d made it all the way down to the third floor before the building stopped moving. “I thought I was dying,” she said. I got up to stand in the door frame, but then it died down. On July 7, 2010, a 5.4-magnitude earthquake, triggered by the April 10, 2010 quake, occurred on the San Jacinto Fault, the most seismically active fault in California, and one of two that exhibited signs of increased pressure following the Mexico quake. Stood underneath a door frame, which is completely useless with 50 tons of concrete above us. The CSMIP station located at the El Centro-Highway 8/Meloland Overpass recorded 0.07 g on the structure during the first event and 0.24 g during the second. • At 4:48 p.m., a magnitude-3.4 quake occurred 98 miles east of Tijuana, 9 miles east-southeast of Brawley in Imperial County. Before the Mw 7.2 earthquake occurred, the surrounding area had been seismically active in 2009. Cracks were later discovered in the floors, but the building was deemed safe to re-enter, said San Diego fire department spokesman Maurice Luque. Estimated depth: 13.4 miles. Athletes are making sure you don’t look away. Vol. It had withstood damages in the past, but a 2010 earthquake devastated the building. In the Yuma, Arizona area, 3,369 residents experienced a "relatively momentary [power] outage" from the quake, "but most were back in service shortly afterward". A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported Monday at 10:04 a.m. 12 miles from Brawley, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. • At 4:34 p.m., a magnitude-4.7 quake hit 85 miles east of Tijuana. SeaWorld shut down its rides to check for damage. Ruben Anaya, the manager of a Shell gasoline station in El Centro, said he closed his fueling stations following the earthquake. The largest earthquake in El Centro: today: 2.3 in Seeley, California, United States. An earthquake of such magnitude had been expected around the fault situated in the southeast of Mexicali. • At 4:15 p.m., a magnitude-5.1 quake hit 86 miles east-southeast of Tijuana. “I was peeling a chicken,” said the El Centro … But most of all, I’ll remember these authors’ voices. [14] Intensity VII (Very strong) shaking was felt in Calexico, Imperial, El Centro, and Heber. "If you don't shut it … [18] There have been at least nine large aftershocks in total. The 1940 El Centro earthquake (or 1940 Imperial Valley earthquake) occurred at 21:35 Pacific Standard Time on May 18 (05:35 UTC on May 19) in the Imperial Valley in southeastern Southern California near the international border of the United States and Mexico. USGS Description of the El Centro (Imperial Valley) Earthquake Nine people were killed by the May 1940 Imperial Valley earthquake. The 1940 El Centro earthquake (or 1940 Imperial Valley earthquake) occurred at 21:35 Pacific Standard Time on May 18 (05:35 UTC on May 19) in the Imperial Valley in southeastern Southern California near the international border of the United States and Mexico.It had a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. Groundwater flowed to the surface, flooding fields and damaging hundreds of miles of irrigation canals. Accelerograph image of the Imperial Valley Aftershock May 19, 1940 at El Centro, California. The earthquake caused two outages for San Diego Gas & Electric, spokeswoman Jennifer Ramp said. (Munguia et. How the coronavirus pandemic has changed The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Opinion section. [38], United States Geological Survey seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones said at least 20 million people in the United States and Mexico, including most of Southern California, felt the quake. “It kind of ripped open like a can of beans,” said city Public Works Director Terry Hagen. An earthquake of such magnitude had been expected around the fault situated in the southeast of Mexicali. It was felt as far north as San Francisco Bay area. Store it outside the house. [11] A man was injured when he fell during the quake,[19] and another man was injured when a sign fell on him. I will remember so much about this unforgettable year. [5] The active Laguna Salada Fault ruptured in February 1892 with an estimated Mw 7.2 earthquake. It also falls on the state of California's Earthquake Preparedness month, as state and FEMA officials urge the state citizens to take preparations, and schools and businesses conduct earthquake drills across the state. 7.2 magnitude earthquake. At least eight aftershocks have followed: • At 3:44 p.m., a magnitude-2.3 quake occurred 100 miles east of Tijuana. Several windows shattered at the Sports Arena. EL CENTRO. Several railroad bridges in … • At 4:19 p.m., a magnitude-3.8 quake struck 43 miles east-northeast of Tijuana. El Centro, CA has a very high earthquake risk, with a total of 10,582 earthquakes since 1931. Here is the latest. They determined that the building was safe, but recommended a structural engineer examine it, Luque said. With a magnitude of 4.0 and depth of 11.19 miles, this quake could be felt near the epicenter but damage to structures is unlikely. At 3:40 PM PSt, a 6.9 earthquake struck Baja California. Subscribe to LALATE on YouTube. A strong secondary quake with a magnitude of 5.5 followed a little more than an hour after the main shock and was centered near Brawley . * The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010. Posted by Lipton T. Bagg at 3:52 PM. MAPS! According to the … 5.3 magnitude earthquake. The earthquake occurred 21 miles from Imperial, 25 miles from El Centro, 33 miles from Calexico and 43 miles from Coachella. The quake hit 104 miles east-southeast of Tijuana and 6.2 miles underground at 3:40 p.m. Alan Sandoval, of the Baja California Civil Protection Office in Tijuana, confirmed Sunday night that two people were dead in Mexicali, including one man whose house collapsed on him. 1940 El Centro Earthquake on May 19, 1940 Magnitude: 7.2 This quake ranks as the most powerful of all the numerous earthquakes to hit California’s Imperial Valley, and it … 2010-04-05 00:07:09 UTC at 00:07 April 05, 2010 UTC Location: Epicenter at 32.018, -115.017 3.2 km from Ejido Doctor Alberto Oviedo Mota (El Indiviso) (1.2 miles) Depth: 10 km Aside from the shuttering of the city’s public library, the city of El Centro sustained significant damage to its water infrastructure. 2004) [7]. Following this trend, the M7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake of April 4, 2010, ruptured approximately 120 kilometers along several known faults in Baja California. 1158 Can. A 5-million gallon water tank on La Brucherie Road suffered a significant amount of damage. Description. (Refer to the United States Geological Survey for official earthquake parameters.) An earthquake has hit Imperial, California near El Centro. [19], It was felt in downtown Los Angeles,[13] where there were no immediate reports of damage, although the Los Angeles Fire Department was put on alert. • At 4:46 p.m., a magnitude-3.5 quake struck 72 miles east of Tijuana, 16 miles west-southwest of El Centro in Imperial County. Subscribe to LALATE on YouTube. In cases like this, that often means increasing stress on other faults, which makes them more prone to movement. Several foreshocks began from April 1, 2010, with magnitudes of 3, 4 and 5. It was also the strongest to rock southern California in at least 18 years (since the 1992 Landers earthquake (M 7.3)), if not longer: the next most recent comparable earthquake—the 1952 Kern County earthquake (M 7.3)—was 58 years earlier. On Monday, assessment teams inspected buildings and cleanup crews swept up broken glass in Mexicali and its smaller California neighbor, Calexico, both of which sustained modest damage. 2010-04-04 22:40:43 UTC at 22:40 April 04, 2010 … A parking … A water line broke at the Nordstrom store at the Fashion Valley shopping center, flooding the store. [44] The rides in Disneyland were temporarily closed for inspection. [28] Multiple fires occurred due to ruptured natural gas lines and damaged propane tanks,[31] and people were stuck in collapsed buildings as of the day after the quake. [19] The Coronado Bridge over San Diego Bay was briefly closed by the California Highway Patrol as a precautionary measure. [39] The Sheraton Hotel and Marina was evacuated when cracks were discovered in the floors[19][32] and reoccupied once deemed to be safe. Took us five minutes to get out of the complex thanks to not having disaster preparedness plans.”, Matthew T. Hall: 2020 was the year of other people’s voices. It was said to have lasted about ten seconds. Pets cowered. 2010). Following this trend, the M7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake of April 4, 2010, ruptured approximately 120 kilometers along several known faults in Baja California. Earthquake Information for El Centro, California. The rupture occurred 6.2 miles deep. It was followed by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake about two hours later centered in Brawley. It had a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. Ruben Anaya, the manager of a Shell gasoline station in El Centro, said he closed his fueling stations following the earthquake. Even the hippos at the zoo stood up fast and headed for water. People in the street at that moment began to hold each other.”, “The whole house started shaking. Families celebrating Easter ran out of the homes. [8] A liquefaction zone bounded by the Cerro Prieto Fault and the Laguna Salada Fault was observed. Baja California state capital Mexicali was reported by Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Director General Alfredo Elías Ayub as being without electricity. El Centro has had: (M1.5 or greater) 2 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 37 earthquakes in the past 7 days; 135 earthquakes in the past 30 days; 1,891 earthquakes in the past 365 days Historical seismicity in Canada (courtesy of Geological Survey of Canada). Make a quake kit with food, water, medical supplies, blankets and a portable radio. Karissa Pearce, front desk supervisor at the Hilton San Diego/Harbor Island, said water splashed out of the hotel pool when the earthquake hit. Estimated depth: 10.5 miles. Data were obtained from a variety of structural and geologic environments. Meet The San Diego Union-Tribune’s new editorial board. […] While the U.S. Geological Survey lists its magnitude between 7.0 and 7.1, the Southern California Earthquake Data Center recorded the quake at a downgraded level of 6.9. See details about this earthquake on The Chronicle's Quake Tracker. 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