EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND N. MEXICO EASTER SUNDAY

THE BIG BLUE SQUARE ON THE USGS MAP ABOVE REPRESENTS THE QUAKE THAT HIT AT 3:40 PM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME.  IT WAS A MAGNITUDE 7.2 QUAKE ABOUT 6 MILES DEEP THAT SHOOK NORTHERN MEXICO AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.  THE CENTER OF THE QUAKE WAS 104 MILES ESE FROM TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO.   THE QUAKE WAS FELT ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO TO PALM SPRINGS.   RIDES IN DISNEYLAND WERE STOPPED FOR SAFETY REASONS AND SOME PEOPLE WERE STUCK IN ELEVATORS IN SOME BUILDINGS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.  AFTERSHOCKS AND TRIGGERED QUAKES CONTINUE TO RATTLE THE AREA ON EASTER SUNDAY 4/4/2010.   MOST OF THE SEVERE DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE MEXICALI, MEXICO AREA.  THE USGS IS SAYING THAT AS MUCH AS 20 MILLION PEOPLE FELT THE EARTHQUAKE EASTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.