Asia-Pacific
Strong quake kills 2 in Mexico, rattles US
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-04-05 15:00
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 Patients stand outside the General Hospital in Tijuana after being evacuated after a 7.2 earthquake struck Baja California April 3, 2010. [Agencies] |
Strong shaking was reported across much of Southern California. The earthquake rattled buildings on thre-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque. All guests were allowed to return.
Susan Warmbier was putting away her groceries in the San Diego suburb of Chula Vista when her husband asked, "Is the house moving?"
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The main quake was felt hundreds of miles away in Phoenix, where residents rarely feel the earth shake.
Jacqueline Land said her king-sized bed in her second-floor Phoenix-area apartment felt like a boat gently swaying on the ocean.
"I thought to myself, 'That can't be an earthquake. I'm in Arizona,"' the Northern California native said.
The quake was felt in the fire and medical dispatch center in downtown Las Vegas, but there were no reports of damage or injuries, according to Tim Szymanski, a spokesman for Las Vegas Fire and Rescue.
Power outages were rare, and mostly brief. Most of the 3,000 customers who lost power in southwestern Arizona, and the more than 5,000 who went dark in Southern California, regained power within minutes, utility officials said.
