Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Shake movie of Mexicali quake


The Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) has a movie produced by CalTech, of the predicted ground shaking from yesterday's 5.1 magnitude quake.

Unfortunately, the movie only shows southern California. The shock waves can clearly be seen heading east and northeast into Arizona, but Arizona is not included in analysis of the effects of earthquakes generated in California or Baja.

The earthquakes are occurring near the Cerro Prieto geothermal field, which lies in a pull-apart stepover between the Cerro Prieto and Imperial faults.