7.2 Earthquake Erupts In Mexico & Southern California

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7.2 Earthquake Erupts In Mexico & Southern California

A 7.2 earthquake epicentered on Mexico’s Baja peninsula shook Southern California yesterday, sending high-rise buildings in Los Angeles and San Diego rocking back and forth.
Preliminary U.S. Geological Survey information indicated the trembler originated 19 miles southeast of the town of Mexicali.
Officials in San Diego and Los Angeles reported no major damage, though a swarm of small aftershocks — one of which reached 5.1 on the Richter scale — left southern California rattled.
The earthquake occurred 6.2 miles below the earth’s surface, according to the USGS.
In Los Angeles, everyone from Ashton Kutcher to Adam Lambert grabbed their Twitter handles and posted their reaction.
“We just felt an earthquake in LA that happened in Mexico?” tweeted Kutcher.
A terrified Paris Hilton tweeted her terror.
“OMG! So scary, just felt an Earth Quake! Anyone else feel it? I hope there isn’t anymore.”
Super Bowl star Reggie Bush tweeted: “I’m in San Diego and I felt it.”
“The Office” star Rainn Wilson jokingly wrote: “Couldn’t tell if that was an earthquake or if Matt Damon was angry.”
Nancy Dillon, Daily News Los Angeles Bureau Chief, said the effects of the quake were felt in Hollywood, where she and her family were celebrating Easter at a pool party.
“We felt the ground tremble — a rolling motion like on a boat — that went on for maybe 10 to 20 seconds,” she said.
“After about 10 seconds, you could see the water in the pool rocking back and forth, and it splashed over the edge of the pool.”
Television Host Bill “The Science Guy” Nye told CNN he was in a restaurant when when the chandeliers above began to sway.
“It felt like a snake moving underneath my building,” a woman in San Diego told CNN. “I started sweating I was thinking it could be the big one…I’m still pretty shaken up.”
“I’m shaking like a leaf … the pool water was just going everywhere,” said Jean Nelson in Indio, California, outside Palm Springs.
Near the epicenter in Mexico, some people were reported trapped in elevators, while retaining walls collapsed in some places and electricity was out in several parts, said Alfredo Escobedo, the state of Baja’s director of emergency services.
Hotel worker Benito Rodriquez told Sky News: “Everything was shaking. The mirrors were moving – I was hoping they would not break.”
source – NY Daily News