Video of the earthquake we had about 2 hours ago. This is slightly stronger than what rocked my house, but only slightly. I'm guessing it was filmed in San Diego.
Everything's fine -- Mexico took some damage, and there's local kerfluffle like Disneyland shutting down the rides to check them over, but California's fine. I'm just worried about the folks down in Baja. I have a hunch the building codes may not be as strict down there.
Best comment so far on Twitter:
"RT @wilw: Apparently the #earthquake was upgraded to a 7.2, but I'm still seeing a 6.9 from the Russian judge. (kids, ask your parents.)"
Also, the comments on this picture are illuminating:
(Thumbnail is link to full photo. This house is in Mexicali, Baja)
I found it via Twitter. Two of the four comments are news reporters (CNN, AP) asking for permission to use the picture.
In other words, for breaking news, one often gets photos/videos on Twitter first; and the news stations scramble to catch up.
Everything's fine -- Mexico took some damage, and there's local kerfluffle like Disneyland shutting down the rides to check them over, but California's fine. I'm just worried about the folks down in Baja. I have a hunch the building codes may not be as strict down there.
Best comment so far on Twitter:
"RT @wilw: Apparently the #earthquake was upgraded to a 7.2, but I'm still seeing a 6.9 from the Russian judge. (kids, ask your parents.)"
Also, the comments on this picture are illuminating:
(Thumbnail is link to full photo. This house is in Mexicali, Baja)
I found it via Twitter. Two of the four comments are news reporters (CNN, AP) asking for permission to use the picture.
In other words, for breaking news, one often gets photos/videos on Twitter first; and the news stations scramble to catch up.
Comments
Seems the OC got a good brunt of it being halfway between here and the epicenter. The Caltech scientist spokeswoman who was on the news earlier was saying the way the quake occurred it looks like the massive party of the energy generated was focused north/northwest towards all of us.
It was mildly fun for us, but I'm also glad we weren't in Baja. Man.
Edited at 2010-04-05 06:50 am (UTC)
BTW, it is funny how we all can determine things about the quakes by all the variety of characteristics. everyone pretty much knew it was a big one elsewhere but weren't quite sure. Sometimes the type of fault strike/slip, thrust, etc... can cause the different types of feeling with roll vs shake.