Earthquake!!!!!!

[wavery]

Boy.....we just had a good earthquake.....:-()

[Azusateach]

6.9, located near Mexicali.  I'm just thankful that it wasn't any closer.  Jed barked, and then sat down by the back door -- kind of like he was guarding things.  I keep thinking that I'm feeling another one.  THAT'S the part I don't like.

Happy Easter, everyone!  

Laura -- and Jed

[oreo57]

i thought it was the wind.

[wavery]

It lasted a long time.

I have a security camera on the roof (5 story building), and it shows the jacuzzi. It was kinda cool watching the water slosh around.

One time, we had a quake that through about 20% of the water out of the jacuzzi so this one wasn't too bad.......it just lasted a long time.

[Spirit Deer]

Not sure about using the words 'good' and 'earthquake' in the same sentence.

Hope there wasn't a lot of damage anywhere and especially no injuries.

[oreo57]

It lasted a long time.
 
I have a security camera on the roof (5 story building), and it shows the jacuzzi. It was kinda cool watching the water slosh around.
 
One time, we had a quake that SLOSHED about 20% of the water out of the jacuzzi so this one wasn't too bad.......it just lasted a long time.

It was kind of a rolling one down here and but no damage, the dog didnt even bark and she's a BIG baby.

[wavery]

Not sure about using the words 'good' and 'earthquake' in the same sentence.

Hope there wasn't a lot of damage anywhere and especially no injuries.

On a personal level.....any earthquake that you don't get any damage from is a "Good" earthquake....... Once there is damage........everything changes.

I feel for the people in Mexico, that were close to the center. It must have been very violent......7.2 is not a good day.......

[Dee4j]

we'd just got home from the Easter rally and Dan was putting the stabilizers down and he thought wow I need to be more carefull I'm making the trailer rock alot...I was with the kids looking down at the table when the rolling motion started..at first I thought something was wrong with me...it was a weird one

[dkutz]

we'd just got home from the Easter rally and Dan was putting the stabilizers down and he thought wow I need to be more carefull I'm making the trailer rock alot...I was with the kids looking down at the table when the rolling motion started..at first I thought something was wrong with me...it was a weird one

that one would have been fun with a few blue bombers!!

[dno]

We are about 50 miles from where it was centered and it really jolted us. I was laying on my bed watching TV and working on an improved ad rotation routine for PUX and PUX Trading Post when things started to shake, then it started getting violent. so I closed my laptop, about that time the power went out. One of the girls was trying to pick up the printer that fell over, the other was sceaming and my wife was just finishing her shower so we could go out. It was hard walking to the back of the camper with all the shaking. But I agree it lasted a long time and was more violent than anything I've experience before, including the quake a week before the Haiti quake.
 
When I steped outside, I noticed we were moved forward about four or five intches, the stabalizers were no longer on the blocks, the locking chock was almost out between the tires. The blocks under the tounge looked like they were drug along the ground a couple inches. I reset the stabalizers and locking chock and then checke on the water and electric. I had filled our water tank a month ago when they were working on the plumbing for the park so we just switched to the pump. I connected my inverter to power my router and modem so I could get internet which I had for about 40 minutes when it cut out.
 
The power is back on now for aa few hours now, the neternet came back about an hour ago.
 
walking around thepark I was shocked to see the mess in the parking lot from the lagoon around the office and club house. There were rocks and mud and fish everywhere up to 60 or 70 feet away from the lagoon. The pool lost about 2 feet of water and much of that water ended up in the common room and office, looks like quite a clean-up operation. At least three of the park model homes lost stablizers and collapsed.
 
I hear a house was on fire on my mother-in-laws street in Mexicali. A buddy of mine lost about a foot and a half in his pool at his fiesta park in Mexicali. I did hear of a collpsed parking structer and about six houses burned also in Mexicali. The rood from the interstate to the RV park here was closed due to some damage or split in the road. It sounds like most of El Centro shut down when the power was lost, so we never did make it out. Of course now it's rreally windy so it's been a heck of a day.

[oreo57]

Wow Dean, you were right on top of it, Hope all's well for you and your family.

[wavery]

We are about 50 miles from where it was centered and it really jolted us. I was laying on my bed watching TV and working on an improved ad rotation routine for PUX and PUX Trading Post when things started to shake, then it started getting violent. so I closed my laptop, about that time the power went out. One of the girls was trying to pick up the printer that fell over, the other was sceaming and my wife was just finishing her shower so we could go out. It was hard walking to the back of the camper with all the shaking. But I agree it lasted a long time and was more violent than anything I've experience before, including the quake a week before the Haiti quake.
 
When I steped outside, I noticed we were moved forward about four or five intches, the stabalizers were no longer on the blocks, the locking chock was almost out between the tires. The blocks under the tounge looked like they were drug along the ground a couple inches. I reset the stabalizers and locking chock and then checke on the water and electric. I had filled our water tank a month ago when they were working on the plumbing for the park so we just switched to the pump. I connected my inverter to power my router and modem so I could get internet which I had for about 40 minutes when it cut out.
 
The power is back on now for aa few hours now, the neternet came back about an hour ago.
 
walking around thepark I was shocked to see the mess in the parking lot from the lagoon around the office and club house. There were rocks and mud and fish everywhere up to 60 or 70 feet away from the lagoon. The pool lost about 2 feet of water and much of that water ended up in the common room and office, looks like quite a clean-up operation. At least three of the park model homes lost stablizers and collapsed.
 
I hear a house was on fire on my mother-in-laws street in Mexicali. A buddy of mine lost about a foot and a half in his pool at his fiesta park in Mexicali. I did hear of a collpsed parking structer and about six houses burned also in Mexicali. The rood from the interstate to the RV park here was closed due to some damage or split in the road. It sounds like most of El Centro shut down when the power was lost, so we never did make it out. Of course now it's rreally windy so it's been a heck of a day.

Glad everyone in the family is OK.

There have been well over 100 tremors since the main tremor, 15 hours ago. 3 of them have been over 5.0, located near Seely, CA. The one at 6:33 this morning woke me up (in Los Angeles). The tremors arrive hear about 2 minutes later.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/116-33_eqs.htm

[waterdoctor]

Well, we've been rockin' 'n rollin' since yesterday. Like Dean, I, too, was about 50 or so miles from the epicenter. I live in the Imperial Valley,as well, but about 10 mi N of El Centro in Brawley. I didn't get any damage or things falling (just lucky, for sure) but my neighbors' homes look to have been ransacked inside. Everybody that has a pool lost at least a foot of water. Some had the pool water come in the house, so they have some flooding issues.
 
I work for the irrigation district, so was put on standby for emergency responce. Several of our canals lost alot of water as the quake sloshed it out, resulting in some minor road flooding. Fortunately no water control structures were damaged. Canal banks, levees, structures etc. are still being assessed for damage.
 
I was activated, with the rest of the Aerosquadron, as part of the Sheriff's dept search and rescue groups, to provide aerial surveilance of the populated areas for building collapses, road damage, looting, flooding etc. I ended up spending about 4.5 hrs flying around the valley at low altitude. I could see that there wasn't much damage at all. Some buildings in downtown El Centro had the front glass windows blow out, and there were reports of looters, but we couldn't spot them.
In Brawley, the Walmart, Von's and other large buildings were closed while the fire dept inspected them for structural damage. Obviously, there was alot of merchandise that ended up on the floor, as well. I heard a report this morning that some water damage occured in a building or two as a result of the fire sprinkler system activating.
When I came into my office this morning, there wasn't any damage, but there wasn't anything left on any of the bookshelves in any of our office spaces, so we're still cleaning up in the office.
I heard a radio report this AM that there were several buildings that collapsed in Mexicali, some are thought to be trapped, and there are 2 confirmed dead.
Interstate 8, between San Diego and El Centro was closed for a time last night due to landslides (big boulders!!!) but is now re-opened.
 
We're getting ourselves put back together and back to our regular schedules. We're still having aftershocks of magnitude 3 or better pretty consistantly. According to the USGS earthquake info, most of the quakes are along the Laguna Salada fault which is west of us a ways, but runs, pretty much, SE to NW thru the mountains west of us. Apparently, this fault hasn't had a major quake over magnitude 5 on over 50 yrs.
 
Anyway, I'm rambling. That's about it from this end. I'll keep y'all posted if a REALLY BIG ONE hits.
 
Steve :usflag:

[wavery]

Well, we've been rockin' 'n rollin' since yesterday. Like Dean, I, too, was about 50 or so miles from the epicenter. I live in the Imperial Valley,as well, but about 10 mi N of El Centro in Brawley. I didn't get any damage or things falling (just lucky, for sure) but my neighbors' homes look to have been ransacked inside. Everybody that has a pool lost at least a foot of water. Some had the pool water come in the house, so they have some flooding issues.
 
I work for the irrigation district, so was put on standby for emergency responce. Several of our canals lost alot of water as the quake sloshed it out, resulting in some minor road flooding. Fortunately no water control structures were damaged. Canal banks, levees, structures etc. are still being assessed for damage.
 
I was activated, with the rest of the Aerosquadron, as part of the Sheriff's dept search and rescue groups, to provide aerial surveilance of the populated areas for building collapses, road damage, looting, flooding etc. I ended up spending about 4.5 hrs flying around the valley at low altitude. I could see that there wasn't much damage at all. Some buildings in downtown El Centro had the front glass windows blow out, and there were reports of looters, but we couldn't spot them.
In Brawley, the Walmart, Von's and other large buildings were closed while the fire dept inspected them for structural damage. Obviously, there was alot of merchandise that ended up on the floor, as well. I heard a report this morning that some water damage occured in a building or two as a result of the fire sprinkler system activating.
When I came into my office this morning, there wasn't any damage, but there wasn't anything left on any of the bookshelves in any of our office spaces, so we're still cleaning up in the office.
I heard a radio report this AM that there were several buildings that collapsed in Mexicali, some are thought to be trapped, and there are 2 confirmed dead.
Interstate 8, between San Diego and El Centro was closed for a time last night due to landslides (big boulders!!!) but is now re-opened.
 
We're getting ourselves put back together and back to our regular schedules. We're still having aftershocks of magnitude 3 or better pretty consistantly. According to the USGS earthquake info, most of the quakes are along the Laguna Salada fault which is west of us a ways, but runs, pretty much, SE to NW thru the mountains west of us. Apparently, this fault hasn't had a major quake over magnitude 5 on over 50 yrs.
 
Anyway, I'm rambling. That's about it from this end. I'll keep y'all posted if a REALLY BIG ONE hits.
 
Steve :usflag:

Glad to hear that you're safe & sound. Look forward to hearing all about it in a couple weeks, at Santee.

[waterdoctor]

Thanks Wayne, we'll see ya there.
Also, I thought I'd pass this along. It's not from our local rag (they don't print on Mondays :confused:)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-fg-quake5-2010apr05,0,3291994,full.story
 
Also, if you're interested, you can see whata our local paper has online by clicking here: http://www.ivpressonline.com/

Now, I've got to get out in the field to do some inspections.  I'll check back later.

Steve