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Baja California state capital Mexicali was reported by Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) Director General Alfredo Elías Ayub as being without electricity. [28] There were at least two fatalities in Mexicali, [29] one of which was caused by a collapsed house. [30] [31] At least 100 people were injured in Mexicali and its suburbs. [29]
The Baja California peninsula lies near the boundary of the Pacific plate and the North American plate, while southern Mexico lies just north of the boundary between the North American plate and the Cocos and Rivera tectonic plates. The Cocos plate is subducting under the North American plate at a rate of 67 mm (0.220 ft) per year, while the ...
Heavy damage occurred in the areas of Mexicali and El Centro, amounting to $900,000. At least six people were killed in the earthquakes. [2] In November, the area was struck by another larger shock, measuring M w 7.0 centered in Cerro Prieto, Baja California, Mexico.
The 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake occurred at 16:16 Pacific Daylight Time (23:16 UTC) on 15 October just south of the Mexico–United States border.It affected Imperial Valley in Southern California and Mexicali Valley in northern Baja California.
The quake — preceded by Thursday's 6.4-magnitude temblor in the Mojave Desert — was the largest Southern California temblor in at least 20 years and was followed by a series of large and small ...
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Baja California near Ensenada on December 14, at a depth of 10.1 km. [164] [165] A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the New Britain region, Papua New Guinea on December 15, at a depth of 52 km. [166] A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia on December 17, at a depth of 18.5 km. [167]
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Cal Fire reported that one-third of the acres burned were in the City of Riverside, California. A second fire, the Grimes Fire, popped up in Moorpark , in Ventura County, early Wednesday.