Earthquake leads to evacuation of San Diego Airport terminal

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A major earthquake of 7.2 magnitude which struck at forty seconds after 3:40 p.m. PDT on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 was centered 39 miles (63 kilometers) SSE of Calexico, CA in the upper Baja California peninsula of Mexico, near the town of Guadalupe Victoria. There are reports of extensive damage to buildings in Mexicali and elsewhere within the northern Baja California peninsula of Mexico. Tremors from the quake lasted about forty seconds, rattling windows, knocking objects from shelves, and causing water main breaks and building cracks in San Diego, 140 miles to the north and west.

http://www.examiner.com/x-18134-AirlinesAirport-Examiner~y2010m4d5-Earthquake-closes-San-Diego-Airport

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