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hi apples as far as I know noone was hurt but have not heard anything about Mexicali where it was centered. am going to check on the news on the news later tonight.

My goodness thats not good, well I hope no one was hurt by the quake.

Thats where I heard about it by someone on facebook they posted that there was a quake I cant help but wounder if the post was made by your friend. oh well probably not haha well at least no one was hurt.

hi I am going to see if I can get the latest news here on the net. I do nothave a radio or a Tv.

hi apples no it was not that mild as it was 7.2 I am told but there is no news yet out of Mexicali would love to hear more about it.

Oh I see, well we can only hope that everyone that experienced the quake is ok.

MsTickle you know since I came here to live and heard abou the fault lines i have asked the same questions.did you know that our junior college Orange Coast jr.College was built on a fault line? Is that not really nutty . and our freeways it always scares me when I am in the acess bus and we are tooling along at 80 miles an hour what would happen even with a light tremor, would the freeway break down like in the northridge quake? also what makes some people here built multi million dollar homes on a hillside that has unstable soil. the first heavy rains and the whole thing comes sliding downhill. I think some of the answers are that our pioneers had no knowledge of fault lines at all. this all came much later you know.You are not being nasty at all. we also laugh at times too, and try not to worry about each little shake.

hi somecowgirl No real damage in california that I heard of they did s ay it swayed high rise building in LosAngeles and sloshed water out of swimming pools. near the border a book store reported an overhead light fixture coming down. It was centered in Mexicali Mexico and 7.2 I am safe here but sure gave everyone something to talk about at dinner here. I am on the second floor, and wonder just what a harder one would have felt like. wow.

hi a gain noone seemed too upset but most of us have got used to those tremors but boy if it was a bit harder I wou ld have been scared. lol.

Well it didn't sound like it did any real damage. I'm guessing it would be a lot stronger on the ground floor had you been there at the time. Did anyone else get scared, or have you talked to anyone who was on the ground floor then?

hi celticeage yep 7.2 pretty hard there I imagine here it was just minor but boy that was a long minute usually they only last thirty seconds this one was really rolling. I have never been close enough to the epicenters here in Ca to get that scared b ut nope do not like them at all.lol.I saw where people in Arizona also reported feeling it.

ost first sentence. copy paste. come to think about it I tthink we have not had one since this discussion was posted so hope we are not in for' a new one now.

If it was early morning I may had slept through it. I didn't hear anything on the news about it around here. Glad there wasn't any damage and you are okay. Could have been alot worse. Take care.

hi Kathy no it was not too bad here no damages reported around here,they felt it in the high rise building in La they said they swayed and water splashed out of swimming pools. I have not heard yet how the people in Mexicali fared. I hope not too bad. too.

Yes, we are known for tornadoes, and there have been some severe ones. Usually we know when they are coming, though, and can take precautions. I lived near San Diego for a while so I have felt the earth move a bit. And any state can also have a tornado.

I grew up in S outhDakota an we also had a ton of tornadoes. one hot summer day my mom and I watched three tornadoes moving along sideways to' us on the horizon. Papa tornado, mama tornado and baby tornado and they were really moving. Landed in Spearfish in the lower foot hills of the Black Hills taking apart every thing in their path.plowed through several farm houses then took out one third of Spearfish a town of may be 1000 people. for some reason that particular region was hit quite often.We had tornadoes almost every summer just as soon as the weather gothot and over'dry bam they started,.but with them now days we have all sorts of warning. I haven't been back in fifty years. too bad too as I have friends'back there

hi GardenGerty having comment wiped o ut. copy paste.Kansas is more known f or tornadoes is it not. but anyplace so they say can have a quake. I sure not not like that swaying feeling then when I sat in my desk chair and it rolled three feet back then three feet forward I was y yelling but my son slept through the whole thing.

hi gardengerty twice lol I had the same thing happen to me only my response came in triplicate. still do notknow what I did wrong. some here have told me they have even had earthquakes in NewYork city. wow." I saw the pictures of Mexicali and Calexico yesterday and boy was the damage really bad, specially in Mexicali there at the epicenter, most of the buildings were all down and a lot of people were injured, but surprislingly only two were killed, I guess they need everything, and its a much larger city than I realized, pop in the milllions while Calexico is more of a border town but they cannot reallyhelp Mexicali according to the mayor as they were almost wiped out t oo. so we were lucky here as all we felt was that icky rolling rocking feeling for one full minute.

That's weird that people asked if it was in OR because that's where I'm from and I didn't feel anything.

Hi kimbers867 I guess it was felt in several states but was centered around Mexicali Mexico the epicenter,was 7:2. So far there were no reports of any injuries but some stuff falling off shelves closer to the border like San Diego. I am fine here as we just got the edge of it, this time it really did roll, moved my bed back and forth, I was sitting trying to stick my finger for blood test so gave up on that for awhile. he he.

hi dawnald I saw the pictures of Mexicali and the other border town on the news and the destruction was just awful , a lot of people were injured but thankfully only two were killed.

hi dawn oh yes indeed with buildings they can be rebuilt but people thats a whole different story.+

Sad, but could have been a whole lot worse!

hi fwidman you are in the Arizona high desert we used to live in Tempe arizona, seems like out in the desert it does really blow so you might not have noticed as the wind can shake a house any way. what always intrigued me there was the nights could be really cold when we would take a drive out around Scottsdale in the desert. I sort of liked living in 'arizona but my husband felt the jobs were better here in 'ca.

hi oh thats right I remember now you are also in Calif. yes the desert beautiful and also windy at times. and the nights were cold. Its a long time since I have been up in your area. thats probably right as theres cacti and some shrubs but no real tree trees. lol.

I'm not in Arizona, Hatley. I'm about 65 miles northeast of Los Angeles up close to where the Space Shuttle used to land at Edwards AFB. The desert of Arizona is a beautiful place as I recall from traveling through it a few times. Didn't know it was as windy as the rest of the desert but I guess I shouldn't be shocked. Even the great Sahara Desert is windy. Must be because there is so little to slow the wind down in the desert

hi ybong007 I am just fine You have had it in the Philippines for sure. I would get dizzy too if it lasted very long I think they are right that they come in the summer more often. summer in the Philippines I understand you are quite tropical there, and it gets pretty warm so I imagine you can grow a lot of fruit we might not be able to grow even her in California. take care. lets hope neither of us has any more shaking. lol.

this one lasted almost a minute but was not really that had. oh a penthouse that might be scary as it would sway wow. its odd what buildings toppled and what did not during the northridge quake a few years back I think the vA hospital topple over on its side.oh that must have been so scary. that was a bad quake close to LA a few years back people were killed when big sections of the freeway tore apart. hope that never happens again.wow.

I really hope so hatley. The last one we encountered lasted for more than 30 seconds and to think that we are located at the pent house of an old building which was built in the 70's. I'm sure this building will not last long when a more stronger earthquake hit.

third attempt lost the other two the latest one in Japan was the strongest one in recorded history It was 9 .7 this is gettin really bad my writing keeps getting yanked away here.The tsunami was even worse with all its poor. those poor people their new warning system di not help as the tsunami moves so very fast.

It's good to hear that you are safe and calm. God is warning us in our doings. All over the world experience the massive earthquake with the epicenter of 7.2 to 8.2. What is the maximum epicenter ever record?

hi both of you oh I hate wind storms and we used to get them in south dakota but not like hurricanes of course,we had tornadoes instead. yes that would be an advantate knowing when it was coming. that minute did seem to hold on for awhile and I sure was not going to try to pr#ck my finger for a blood test right then. dont worry about typos as I do that all the time too. he he he.

Hurricanes Wind is terrifying to me I'd rather the earthquakes Although, I guess you have the advantage of knowing when it's coming...

I meant to write take care Hatley not take Hatley! typo....

hi danishcandian oh yes you are way away from it thank goodness'and it lasted for nearly a minute here and we are quite aways from the epicenter locate in Mexicali baja calif. I dont know if there was any damage there, havent heard yet.

hi dragon54u yes I heard from friends in Arizona that they really felt it and some of the swimming pools sloshed water out. I am glad too that it was just a mild rocking rolling feeling but that was a long minute, usually it is just maybe twenty to thirty seconds. I have not heardwhether there were people hurt in Mexico. shall check on the news.

lucky you mommyboo yes it rolled and rattled here pretty good for a minute which is unusual as it is usually about thirty seconds. It hit bah ha calif pretty hard, a lot of destruction in Mexicali and the border town of calexico, Mexicali was the center a lot of people hurt and two were killed. extensive damage in both towns.

hi tamara I am fine but that was the longest minute I have ever felt usually they only last about thirty seconds. the epicenter was in Mexicali mexico no guess its really baja calif. Yes it really rolled thats sort of an icky feeling too,like you are starting to get dizzy lol.