Mexicali Earthquake Causes Tectonic Separation in Baja California Peninsula
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The Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE) has been examining whether the 7.2 earthquake which recently shook Mexicali on April 4, caused the Baja California peninsula to divide.
In an interview with media in Mexicali, the researcher and seismologist Luis Mendoza Garcilazo revealed that in preliminary investigations, it is estimated that the seismic parting reached 40 centimeters at the surface and up to three meters underground.
According to research data, each year the Baja California peninsula seperates up to five centimeters meaning Sunday's quake caused the detachment of tectonic shifts which have been occurring over a period of eight years.
The earthquake which occured 12 kilometers beneath the surface, had its epicenter in the Laguna Salada Cucapá fault line and was felt by 20 million people living in the northwest of Mexico and southwest of the neighboring United States.
Meanwhile, the population of Mexicali, the town most affected by the quake, remained tense over the possibility of new tremors.
Baja California authorities estimated that there are 35 thousand victims and at least 4 thousand houses affected by the earthquake, mainly in the Mexicali Valley.
