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5.8 Quake Hits Mexicali

John — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:20:40 +0000

At 10:48am this morning a 5.8 earthquake hit Southern California. The epicenter was 22 miles southeast of Mexicali. It was felt by some in the Coachella Valley. The quake followed a few smaller events before the 5.8 event.

There has been 16 aftershocks so far (as of 12:15pm) and there are reports from local media of damage in the Mexicali area and also a report of structure damage.

For a list of southern California Earthquake see: http://www.desertweather.com/eqinfo.php

List of main event and the aftershocks:

 3.6  2009/12/30 12:06:52 32.435N 115.153W 29.5   41 km (26 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 3.4  2009/12/30 11:59:01 32.425N 115.171W 32.5   41 km (25 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 2.9  2009/12/30 11:58:23 32.464N 115.152W 34.9   39 km (24 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 2.8  2009/12/30 11:55:40 32.450N 115.172W 31.4   39 km (24 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 2.9  2009/12/30 11:51:16 32.499N 115.179W 24.4   35 km (22 mi) ESE of Calexico, CA
 2.6  2009/12/30 11:38:42 32.431N 115.150W 27.7   42 km (26 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 2.9  2009/12/30 11:35:29 32.472N 115.195W 12.5   36 km (22 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 2.8  2009/12/30 11:30:09 32.501N 115.184W 25.5   35 km (21 mi) ESE of Calexico, CA
 2.8  2009/12/30 11:26:46 32.459N 115.189W 27.1   37 km (23 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 3.2  2009/12/30 11:23:59 32.496N 115.214W  6.0   33 km (20 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 3.2  2009/12/30 11:21:18 32.307N 115.143W  3.5   52 km (32 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 2.7  2009/12/30 11:17:34 32.502N 115.171W  2.0   36 km (22 mi) ESE of Calexico, CA
 3.0  2009/12/30 11:12:21 32.388N 115.138W  0.8   46 km (28 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 4.0  2009/12/30 11:07:41 32.495N 115.205W  6.0   33 km (21 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 3.4  2009/12/30 11:04:51 32.385N 115.115W 35.0   48 km (30 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 4.8  2009/12/30 10:53:23 32.508N 115.210W  6.0   32 km (20 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 5.8  2009/12/30 10:48:57 32.467N 115.195W  6.0   36 km (22 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 2.6  2009/12/30 09:57:45 32.456N 115.174W 27.3   38 km (24 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA
 3.5  2009/12/30 09:54:13 32.448N 115.179W 15.0   38 km (24 mi) SE  of Calexico, CA

4.5 Earthquake, Centered in San Bernardino

John — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:12:47 +0000

A light earthquake, 4.5 on the Richter Scale & centered near San Bernardino, hit at 7:49pm Thursday evening.

Earthquake Information

4.2 Earthquake

John — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:30:33 +0000

A 4.2 Earthquake shook the valley at 10:11 pm on Friday, June 1st. It was centered 11 miles ENE of Thousand Palms.

Google map of epicenter

USGS Shakemap Report

DesertWeather’s Earthquake page

more information to follow as more roles in…….

4.0 Earthquake

John — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:46:51 +0000

The valley experienced a minor 4.0 earthquake 7 miles east of Coachella Saturday evening at 7:43pm. It was widely felt by many here in the valley. For more info visit the Earthquake page or the USGS.

Here’s the report from the USGS.

A light earthquake occurred at 7:43:38 PM (PST) on Saturday, December 23, 2006.
The magnitude 4.0 event occurred 12 km (7 miles) ENE of Coachella, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 13 km ( 8 miles).

Magnitude	4.0 – local magnitude (ML)
Time	Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 7:43:38 PM (PST) Sunday, December 24, 2006 at 3:43:38 (UTC)
Distance from	Coachella, CA – 12 km (7 miles) ENE (75 degrees) Mecca, CA – 15 km (9 miles) N (8 degrees) Indio, CA – 17 km (11 miles) E (95 degrees) Palm Springs, CA – 46 km (29 miles) ESE (106 degrees) San Diego, CA – 145 km (90 miles) NE (44 degrees)
Coordinates	33 deg. 42.5 min. N (33.708N), 116 deg. 3.0 min. W (116.050W)
Depth	13.2 km (8.2 miles)
Location Quality	Good
Location Quality Parameters	Nst=108, Nph=108, Dmin=8 km, Rmss=0.27 sec, Erho=0.2 km, Erzz=0.5 km, Gp=32.4 degrees
Event ID#	ci10223765
Additional Information	map with fault names Topo map centered at earthquake (This link takes you offsite). ShakeMap shaking intensity maps Waveforms SCSN Moment Tensor Solution SCSN First Motion Mechanism 1 Did you feel it?