What was the magnitude of the earthquake that rocks Baja and other neighboring southwest of United states?”
SAN DIEGO – Four earthquakes in the Gulf of California, off the coast of Baja, shook much of Mexico Monday. The strongest quake was felt all the way to San Diego. A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit near Santa Isabel, Baja California, Mexico at 11:00 Monday morning. Just five minutes earlier a 5.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in the same general area. Two others followed about a half hour later. The epicenter of the strongest quake was 354 miles southeast of Tijuana. The 5.8 magnitude quake was centered 328 miles southeast of Tijuana. There were numerous reports of people in downtown San Diego feeling slight shaking in tall buildings. “I looked up and I saw the light balances going back and forth and I thought wow,” says Ron Kaiser who was in the middle of jury duty. “I felt the building going back and forth and it maybe lasted 30 seconds,” says Jim Barwick who was sitting in his office in Downtown San Diego.
A 5.8-magnitude Baja earthquake rattled the southwest United States today, and it was felt in San Diego, Phoenix, Tijuana and even Los Angeles according to reports. The quake struck Baja California at approximately 10:48 a.m. local time, per KPSP-2. Buildings swayed briefly in San Diego, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries there or elsewhere in California or Mexico. The epicenter was reported 22 miles southeast of Calexico, California, across the border from Mexicali, Mexico, and not far from Yuma, Arizona. As typical, bloggers and Twitter users immediately shared personal accounts. One blogger wrote, “I was sitting at my desk going through the email when I felt it … That familiar shake of the ground. I look up and sure enough, the lamp above my head is swinging.
