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October 21st, 2010
02:15 PM ET
6.9 magnitude quake strikes Mexico's Pacific Coast
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Mexico's Pacific Coast, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Thursday.
The quake, which registered at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), was centered between southern Baja California and the Mexican state of Sinaloa, about 60 miles from the cities of Guasave and Gabriel Leyva Solano in Sinaloa, the USGS said.
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2010 has been a tough year for Mexico as a whole. Drug cartels, Tropical Storms and now a massive 6.9 earthquake! Hope the people down at the Baja are okay!
tensor, your humor's so 1994
Sorry to break it to you, but 6.9 isn't massive...in fact in many places anything under 7.0 is just considered a tremor
KIM, A 6.9 is massive, I was in Northridge for the 1994 quake, if I remember right... they called that a 6.9 and it was huge.
I experienced many quakes, I don't think I would call a 6.9 a tremor...
Kim wrote: "Sorry to break it to you, but 6.9 isn't massive...in fact in many places anything under 7.0 is just considered a tremor."
Having lived through the 1994 Northridge Earthquake I can tell you a 6.7 is one wild ride !
Many people lost their homes and it took 18 months to restore the damage done to the Freeway System
Where exactly do you live Kim? Must not be on this planet. Tremos happen thousands of times a day, you just can't feel all of them. I was also here during Northridge and it WAS massive and caused tons of damage and more than a few deaths. Study your facts before you spout off.
Having lived through the 8.8 earthquake here in Chile last February and the subsequent 6+ aftershocks, I think I can safely say 6.9 isn't MASSIVE. Sure, it's an earthquake, but it's not a MASSIVE earthquake. We had a 5.8 tremor last night that I hardly felt.
Earthquake damage has more to do with unprepared infrastructure than it does with the strength of the earthquake. The 7.0 that hit Haiti this year caused widespread destruction due to poorly built buildings, whereas the tsunami that hit Chile did a lot more damage than the actual 8.8 earthquake.
@ Kim............... The Northridge quake was what, a 6.7 in 1994? Ok, so tell me when did they scrap using the Richter scale and switch to "Magnitude"? Both measure quakes considerably differently!
Kim,
You are arguing the definition of "massive earthquake"? Good luck with that. Did you just decide that you needed to argue with someone today or are you like that every day? Lunch with you must be painful.
6.9 hardly matters when it's that deep. Had it been near the surface and buckled sub-sea land, then you might have a tsunami on your hands.
"...in fact in many places anything under 7.0 is just considered a tremor"
more BS
Actually, I just call it like it is, a lie and BS.
Have a lot of family there, they seem to be ok, cell lines are phone, no .big buildings
CNN gets it wrong. That quake did not strike Mexico's Pacific Coast. That is the Guld of California coast.
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this tower can SAVE thousands lives http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-501767
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wowi cant belive that. that totally sucks
Where???
Its about 200 or miles further SE than shown on this map. Someone at CNN needs to pay more attention to the geography.
Illiterate and blind.... hmmm, some might consider that to be required qualifications of a Mrs. Wonderful. (sorry women, it's just a joke.)
Is this part of todays drill? It was supposed to start sometime around 11am and its about that time. Coincidence or part of California's state-wide quake day?
it's real! I checked it out under http://www.usgs.gov
Then I guess god saw California's plan and wanted to play too.
"Drill? I'll show you humans a drill!"
There is no statewide drill today.
God help the Mexicans.
amen to that
I BET CALIFORNIA IS NEXT.......!!!
I agree. I cannot imagine the "Breaking News" screen shot on CNN.com when that happens!
The end is near..!
Doomsday is near.!
I'm in Los Mochis working. It was pretty shaky. Now we get to worry about aftershocks. Fingers crossed that I get back to US tomorrow.
BREAKING NEWS...THERE IS A TSUNAMI WATCH FOR CALIFORNIA AND OREGON....!!
Good one
So the wave is going over baja then up the pacific coast to reach Oregon? Or is it going around baja?
don't be stupid, it hit on the inside of the Baja Coast....any waves would go to Baja of into the mainland of Mexico
Wow there are some incredibly insensitive people on here, I came on to get some news and ran into some racially insensitive people. I hope mexÃco is ok, but we're a strong people, and they'll recover quickly.
I agree sir
I agree I am here to wish the best to anyone that may have had to endure this earthquake, may there be no death, no suffering, hopefully everyone impacted my this earthquake is safe. My prayers go out to all impacted my this earthquake.
Not enough info out yet. Esperemos que todo este bien, nuestras bellas playas del mar cortez y toda mi gente. Y su vida marina. keeping my fingers cross
I totally agree with you Jesus..these people instead of cursing Mexico and thinking that the country that we live in is the best should get on their knees and pray for our fellow neighbors in Mexico. My prayers are with these people and really hope that nothing worse happens.
Great, I'm scheduled to go to Cabo next week.
I don't know, I lean towards being sorry for people being injured, than your visit to Cabo Wabo ruined by the event... but that's just me... hope you get another earthquake in Cabo during your visit and tell us as a victim how much fun that is. My heart goes out to the people of Mexico; God bless us all.
Where at already? Nothing like part of a story! Do you know how big the pacific side of Mexico is????
I honestly cannot believe the racist nasty comments coming from folks. Guess that why the States are hated arounfd the world. You folks should be ashamed at what you are posting. How would you lke these comments if it happened to you. It is known that immigrants take on the jobs that you folks would not want to do.
2012 is near
Congratulations on being able to read a calendar?
Hank – I think he's referring to Dec 22, 2012. The supposed dooms-day date as predicted by the Mayans.
Actually it's 12/21/2012.
Actually they now think that the 2012 year is wrong by about 50 to 100 years due to errors in translation.
And the fact that the particular myan calendar referred to only marks the day as the end of that calendar and there are subsequent calendars for later. Apparently the myans aren't expecting the world to end on 12/21/2012, but someone somewhere started a nasty rumor and now everyone is freaking out (rolls eyes).