EARTHQUAKE: near Cali and AZ, Ok this is somewhat significant

[nadinbrzezinski]

M6.4 - GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude 6.4
Date-Time
19 Oct 2013 17:54:56 UTC
19 Oct 2013 10:54:56 near epicenter
19 Oct 2013 09:54:56 standard time in your timezone
Location 26.271N 110.178W
Depth 1 km
Distances
74 km (45 mi) SW of Etchoropo, Mexico
82 km (50 mi) SW of Huatabampo, Mexico
99 km (61 mi) SSW of Villa Juarez, Mexico
106 km (65 mi) WNW of Ahome, Mexico
816 km (505 mi) SSE of Phoenix, Arizona
Location Uncertainty Horizontal: 0.0 km; Vertical 4.6 km
Parameters Nph = 188; Dmin = 314.2 km; Rmss = 1.23 seconds; Gp = 128°
Version = 1
Event ID us b000khbc

[malaise]

1. Yep 6.4 is significant

Stay safe DUers

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I guess no news is good news

I felt nothing by the way

[Codeine]

18. Of course you felt nothing.

It wasn't even vaguely near you.

[roamer65]

3. ...and two smaller ones near the Yellowstone caldera in the last 2 days.

...not good news.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. The caldera is far enough I am sure they are independent

[roamer65]

9. Hard to say, Nadin.

Plate tectonics is something we are just grasping and most of the American west geography is a result of the pressure between the North American and Pacific plates.

What worries me is all the adjusting the Pacific plate has done in the South Pacific in recent years has to mean the boundary with the North American plate needs to "catch up". The two nightmare scenarios are of course a major San Andreas quake in CA or a subduction zone quake in the Pacific Northwest.

Be safe out there folks and you 2, Nadin.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. That is one thing Professor Abbott (A local geologist)

has mentioned that the major quakes off Chile, that continue by the way, will lead to a major event further up and down the Ring of Fire, not just the NA section of the plate.

[AZ Mike]

5. that's not near California

it's toward Texas. closer to El Paso.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. The Gulf of California is NOT anywhere near Texas.

Not one bit. It was also on the northern edge of it. Not the sea of Cortez mind you. Even the map from USGS places it near the northern edge, near those two states.


Here you go, from the USGS site

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000khbc#summary

By the way, the shake map is clear that it was not felt anywhere in the US. And Guaymas and Hermosillo barely did.

[MineralMan]

13. That quake is as close to Texas as it is to California.

I can see the map, too. Zoom out, and you'll understand.

Now, it's close to Baja California, of course. Not very close to the state of California in the USA, though. No closer than it is to Texas. In fact, this earthquake is as irrelevant to California and Arizona as it is to Texas.

[cbayer]

19. The Sea of Cortez and the Gulf of California are one and the same, FWIW.

[Codeine]

22. Professional journalists can't be bothered with things like facts and names

and distances and stuff.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. I know, Gulf of California is the usage mostly in the US

Sea of Cortez in Mexico.

[petronius]

40. I've always like the name 'Vermilion Sea' for that one, but I'm not

sure it really gets used...

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. And we all learn something new

I would love to see a map with that designation.

[cbayer]

46. I've not heard that used much. Sea of Cortez is the preferred name

used by boaters in this region.

Leaving for there tomorrow!

[Brother Buzz]

47. John Steinbeck favored that name

To wit: The Log from the Sea of Cortez

I sailed there fifteen years ago and left the boat in dry storage in La Paz for future adventures. It was destroyed in a hurricane. After insurance adjustments, it was sold for a dollar eight Pesos to a local fisherman. If you see a thirty-five foot cold-molded Quarter Ton converted to a fishing boat, that it.

On edit: Are you doing the Baja Ha-ha?

[cbayer]

49. So sorry about your boat.

I will look for it!

We are not doing the Baja Ha-ha. I think they are leaving in two weeks or so. We are taking both the boat and the car down there (me in the car) starting tomorrow and plan to stay..... who knows how long!!

Thinking about putting it on the hard during hurricane season and doing some traveling.

Then eventually through the canal to the Caribbean.

Adventure of a lifetime.

Get another boat, darn it!

[petronius]

48. I think it's pretty archaic, and unusual even in that context. I just wish it would

come back...

Have a great voyage! Hope you'll regale us with tales and photos of krakens, sirens, and sea serpents when you return...

[cbayer]

50. Not planning on returning at this point, but will hopefully have internet access off

and on.

[petronius]

51. Wow, even more exciting

Just saw your other reply, and it sounds like an epic adventure is in store. Best of luck, and I do hope that connectivity works out from time to time...

[cbayer]

52. Thanks so much, petronius.

I am pretty sure we will have a connection for at least the first month, as we will be in a marina. But don't know after that.

I'm really excited about this major change in life. It's the kind of thing that has kept me going throughout my years and I am very ready.

[AZ Mike]

28. I'm confused then.

the op stated that it was near Juarez. That's right across the border from El Paso.

[Brother Buzz]

32. The copy and paste in the op states

Villa Juárez in the state of Sinaloa, not Ciudad Juárez, on the border

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. I said near AZ and Caifornia, not Juarez. If I am to be very exact, Hermosillo and Guaymas are the

closest and the shake map has nothing on them.

[Codeine]

31. I just eyeballed the map

and it looks like this 'quake was in point of fact a little bit closer to Texas than it was to California.

But I'm pretty sure Villa Juarez (the place referenced in the description) and Ciudad Juarez (the border town) are two different places.

[zappaman]

36. Give it a rest.

Enough already.
Who cares where it was?
The important thing is you read it here first.
That's called a "scoop".
And as any journo knows,(meaning YOU don't know this), a scoop does not have to be accurate.

[Codeine]

37. I am as humbled by your post

as a screaming coyote desperately climbing a tree to escape the free-flowing electricity pouring into the earth from a wind turbine.

Well played, sir. Well played.

[MoonRiver]

6. Yikes!

[Brother Buzz]

8. Near is subjective

It's like four hundred miles from the US border.

[Brickbat]

20. "Significant" as well, it looks like.

[Codeine]

11. That's like five hundred miles from California, give or take.

Significantly further than the distance from LA to SF, unless I'm mistaken.

[MineralMan]

12. No. That's not near California.

That's an earthquake in Mexico. It's 505 miles from Phoenix, for pete's sake.

And it's California, not "Cali." Nobody who is actually from California calls it "Cali." Teenage girls in Minnesota call it "Cali."

Truly.

[grasswire]

14. Almost as bad as saying "Frisco"

Almost.

[MineralMan]

15. Yes. Annoying.

Worse, for those who use those "nicknames," it marks them clearly as newbies if they come to the state. If they move there, they learn pretty soon. At least most of them do.

[Brother Buzz]

23. Uttering that abominable word is a High Misdemeanor in the City.

"Whoever after due and proper warning shall be heard to utter the abominable word "Frisco," which has no linguistic or other warrant, shall be deemed guilty of a High Misdemeanor, and shall pay into the Imperial Treasury as penalty the sum of twenty-five dollars." -NORTON I Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. (1872)

[MineralMan]

25. All Hail Emperor Norton!

May his tribe increase.

[Sanddog42]

53. or "San Fran"

I have a friend from San Jose who calls the City "San Fran" and I cringe every time.

[FirstLight]

16. get over yourself

[MineralMan]

21. Nice. Your little smilie is really cool, bro.

Yah!

[Codeine]

17. To be fair, if you're going to shorten 500+ miles to "near"

then shaving a few letters off the name of the state is a logical next step.

[Fumesucker]

24. That reminds me, whatever happened to Az? He/she used to be one of my favorite posters n/t

[kestrel91316]

26. Didn't feel a thing in Los Angeles.

[zappaman]

27. Me either.

Odd since we were so close to it...

[Codeine]

30. I should think not.

Her "close" earthquake was something in the neighborhood of 700 miles away from you.

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. From the shake map Hermosillo barely did

as well, and that was very close. It is on the fault, that is all.

[pintobean]

29. Did you ever give any updates

or analysis on last week's Pakistani earthquake? If you did, I missed it.

[hrmjustin]

38. I don't have much experience with earthquakes but we had one last summer or the one before.

It was in VA and we felt it all over the northeast. Has to do with the kind of rock we have.

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Yup, old rock tends to carry it better

We are on somewhat, relatively speaking new rock.

And it is breaking all the time. As I keep saying substrate matters at how far it carries and damage.

I live on a wonderful sandy ground, where a relatively shallow quake will do a lot more damage than the same quake where my mom lives, in Mexico City, which is old basalt.

It is a fascinating science what and why quakes do what they do.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

42. Wait a minute...

Was there any numbers for Tucson??

At that time there was something here. Me and some others just thought some pilot was pretending to be "Maverick" again.

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. Tucson would be at the outer edge of where you would feel it, if you did

so would be the TJ and Southern San Diego County depending on the direction of wave travel

The numbers are at the epicenter not the edges though.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

44. It was not really that much.

Just enough for us to look up to see if we could see "Maverick" doing a illegal fly by.

[nadinbrzezinski]

45. Sounds about right.

I was at the coffee shop writing and it was just there. I did not think I felt it, but I think I did. More like the window rattled for a second, at most.

[hrmjustin]

54. From what I heard on the news there is no major damage.

[nadinbrzezinski]

55. Mexico has good engineering