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What kind of duck makes and earth QUACK?
:p

 

Single-coil. There are noiseless ducks, but it's just not the same.:badump:

 

I'm told that all these mild/moderate quakes are actually a good sign, because it means the plates are releasing energy gradually as they move, instead of binding against each other for decades and releasing it all at once.

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No damage reported at the Fender Factory in Mexico.

 

:D

 

Just to make this a "music related thread"...

 

I was in Del Mar for Easter Brunch... shake, rattle and roll!

 

The unique thing about this shaker was the duration.... it just kept going and going.

 

LOTS of aftershocks since... many above 4, and a couple above 5.

 

A bit of damage in Mexicali is now being discussed, some of the "old buildings" and a parking facility were pretty damaged, but thankfully, no reported fatalities and few if any injuries.

 

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From the CNN site. 1 death in Mexico now.

 

"(CNN) -- A string of earthquakes and aftershocks rattled the Pacific Coast of the United States and Mexico on Sunday, including a magnitude 7.2 quake in northwest Mexico's Baja California that could be felt in Arizona and Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

 

At least one person was killed in a building that collapsed in Mexicali, according to the assistant director of civil protection in Tijuana.

 

Reports of injuries and other structural damage also have been made in northwest Mexico, according to Alfredo Escobedo, Mexico's director of civil protection.

 

In California and Arizona, there were no immediate reports of injuries and only limited reports of damages.

 

The quake struck at 3:40 p.m. (6:40 p.m. ET) about 175 kilometers (110 miles) east-southeast of Tijuana, Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

 

Pictures from Mexicali, a major metropolitan area and the capital of Mexico's Baja California state, showed sides ripped off buildings, telephone poles toppled, roads cracked and supermarket aisles strewn with food that had fallen off shelves.

 

The entire city has lost power, according to Alan Sandoval, Tijuana's assistant director of civil protection.

 

Residents across Southern California and Arizona reported serious ground shakes.

 

"We have not felt a shake like that since about 1979," Michelle Tapia told CNN from Brawley, California.

 

Joe Madison was shopping at a Wal-Mart in Palm Springs, California, when he felt the earthquake.

 

"I felt the entire store move, and people went running for the exits," he said.

 

Madison said people gathered outside in the parking lot until the shaking stopped.

 

"We felt it for about 30 seconds. It was rolling," San Diego County sheriff's Lt. Scott Ybarrondo told CNN. "Nothing fell off the walls here, but we have reports of pictures falling off walls elsewhere in the county."

 

The quake was the largest in the Baja California area since 1992, the USGS reported.

 

The 1992 quake, which struck in Landers, California, triggered an earthquake the next day in Nevada and another quake 11 days later in Southern California, according to USGS seismologist Lucy Jones. Both were 5.7 magnitude quakes.

 

Jones said Sunday's quake also could trigger others in the coming days, though she said the relatively quiet hours after Sunday's quake make other big quakes less likely.

 

There have been three large aftershocks so far, including one that registered a 5.5 magnitude, and other smaller temblors, USGS said.

 

Chandeliers swung and water sloshed around in swimming pools in the Los Angeles suburbs, witnesses reported, while posters to Twitter reported feeling the quake in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

Capt. Steve Ruda, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city fire department, said there were isolated power outages and a few people reported trapped in elevators, but no injuries or structural damage were reported.

 

Nine minutes after the Mexico quake, a magnitude 4.1 quake rattled windows in Santa Rosa, north of San Francisco. No damage was reported there, and Susan Potter, a USGS geophysicist, told CNN that was a separate quake from the one that struck in the Baja California desert.

 

The USGS initially reported that the Baja California quake had a 6.9 magnitude. The USGS upgraded the quake about an hour later"

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San Fernando Valley here , felt like a rolling motion stopped then started again a few seconds later,i knew it had to be big somewhere. mexicali was the epicenter (mex/cali border) 6.9 good size!!.

L.A. hasn't had a big one since the northidge in '94.it was 2 miles from where i live.

Time to start preparing ,canned food,water etc. if it's any indication from around the world.it's coming!

 

 

Yeah, that whole "ring of fire" has gone crazy it seems.

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i was brushing my teeth after a pleasant shower in preparation for TCK's easter supper (which was lovely, btw) ... and heard my roommate shout "DUDE, {censored}ING EARTHQUAKE!"

 

i was like ... "huh? i didn't feel a damn thing."

 

i always miss the cool {censored}.

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i was brushing my teeth after a pleasant shower in preparation for TCK's easter supper (which was lovely, btw) ... and heard my roommate shout "DUDE, {censored}ING EARTHQUAKE!"


i was like ... "huh? i didn't feel a damn thing."


i always miss the cool {censored}.

 

 

..................well there's two things most drummers don't do.

 

 

Yep - Easter Supper and miss cool {censored}.

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It's been extremely active in Oklahoma this year as well. We'll normally have maybe 8-12 a year around 2.0 or so. This year it's been twice that many already and they are running 2.8-3.4.

Certainly no 7, but there does seem to be a lot of activity the last five years or so.


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I have never felt an earthquake in Oklahoma. I have been in Israel since January and will be until June. Looks like I am missing my opportunity.

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I was in the garage when it came. Enough to make the chandlers swing and crack the stucco on the house but overall I thought it was very mild.


Once you experience an 8.1 everything after that seems trivial.

 

Although I don't think it was mild, I have to agree with your last statement. I had just finished making some hot chocolate and went back to drinking my hot chocolate :)

 

IIRC, some of the aftershocks when I went through the 8.1 quake were stronger than yesterday's 7.2 quake. That one was truly scary.

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From the CNN site. 1 death in Mexico now.


"(CNN) -- A string of earthquakes and aftershocks rattled the Pacific Coast of the United States and Mexico on Sunday, including a magnitude 7.2 quake in northwest Mexico's Baja California that could be felt in Arizona and Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.


At least one person was killed in a building that collapsed in Mexicali, according to the assistant director of civil protection in Tijuana.


Reports of injuries and other structural damage also have been made in northwest Mexico, according to Alfredo Escobedo, Mexico's director of civil protection.


In California and Arizona, there were no immediate reports of injuries and only limited reports of damages.


The quake struck at 3:40 p.m. (6:40 p.m. ET) about 175 kilometers (110 miles) east-southeast of Tijuana, Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.


Pictures from Mexicali, a major metropolitan area and the capital of Mexico's Baja California state, showed sides ripped off buildings, telephone poles toppled, roads cracked and supermarket aisles strewn with food that had fallen off shelves.


The entire city has lost power, according to Alan Sandoval, Tijuana's assistant director of civil protection.


Residents across Southern California and Arizona reported serious ground shakes.


"We have not felt a shake like that since about 1979," Michelle Tapia told CNN from Brawley, California.


Joe Madison was shopping at a Wal-Mart in Palm Springs, California, when he felt the earthquake.


"I felt the entire store move, and people went running for the exits," he said.


Madison said people gathered outside in the parking lot until the shaking stopped.


"We felt it for about 30 seconds. It was rolling," San Diego County sheriff's Lt. Scott Ybarrondo told CNN. "Nothing fell off the walls here, but we have reports of pictures falling off walls elsewhere in the county."


The quake was the largest in the Baja California area since 1992, the USGS reported.


The 1992 quake, which struck in Landers, California, triggered an earthquake the next day in Nevada and another quake 11 days later in Southern California, according to USGS seismologist Lucy Jones. Both were 5.7 magnitude quakes.


Jones said Sunday's quake also could trigger others in the coming days, though she said the relatively quiet hours after Sunday's quake make other big quakes less likely.


There have been three large aftershocks so far, including one that registered a 5.5 magnitude, and other smaller temblors, USGS said.


Chandeliers swung and water sloshed around in swimming pools in the Los Angeles suburbs, witnesses reported, while posters to Twitter reported feeling the quake in Phoenix, Arizona.


Capt. Steve Ruda, a spokesman for the Los Angeles city fire department, said there were isolated power outages and a few people reported trapped in elevators, but no injuries or structural damage were reported.


Nine minutes after the Mexico quake, a magnitude 4.1 quake rattled windows in Santa Rosa, north of San Francisco. No damage was reported there, and Susan Potter, a USGS geophysicist, told CNN that was a separate quake from the one that struck in the Baja California desert.


The USGS initially reported that the Baja California quake had a 6.9 magnitude. The USGS upgraded the quake about an hour later"

 

Thats bull my friend just got back from there, he told me a building toppled.

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