Earthquake

Are you prepared and properly insured for your Personal and Commercial interest for the next Earthquake? With the 7.2 which hit @ 3:40 PM (Pacific Coast Time) on 4/4/10 just think what it would have done in Los Angeles, CA.

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Listed below is the History and activity on the Laguna Salada Fault:
Geology

The quake probably occurred on the Laguna Salada Fault, which is about 60 kilometers (37 mi) to 80 km (50 mi) long and straddles the California–Baja California border.
The active Laguna Salada Fault ruptured in February 1892 with an estimated Mw7.2 earthquake (Hough & Elliott, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, August 2004, volume 94). Geological field work as of April 5, 2010, by Dr. Thomas Rockwell, professor of geology at San Diego State University, indicates about one meter of right-lateral surface faulting and 0.3 to 0.5 meters of vertical road offset on a fault that is located east of Laguna Salada Fault. Whether or not this is the Cerro Prieto Fault is unclear as of April 5. This is a developing field
situation, as geologists are working to locate and measure the lateral extent of the surface faulting. The best reference on the Laguna Salada Fault is: Muller, Karl J., and Rockwell, Thomas K., 1995, Late Quaternary Faulting on the Laguna Salada Fault, northern Baja California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 107, no. 1, p. 8-18. Precursors and foreshocks

Mexicali and Tijuana, situated in a very active seismic zone, are surrounded by important faults. An earthquake of such magnitude had been expected around the fault situated in the southeast of Mexicali.

Before the Mw 7.2 earthquake occurred, the surrounding area had been seismically active in 2009. Several foreshocks began from April 1, 2010,with magnitudes of 3 and 4. April 4 quake

The earthquake measured 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale that started 25 kilometers (16 mi) south of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). It occurred at 22:40 UTC (1540 local time) on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010, and it is said to have lasted about a minute. The strongest shaking was felt in Alberto Oviedo Mota, an ejido 50 km southeast of Mexicali, at Mercalli intensity scale VIII (Severe). In Mexicali, Calexico, and Guadalupe Victoria it rated VII (Very Strong), while in San Luis Río Colorado it measured VI (Strong).