An earthquake occurred 16 miles southeast of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico on the evening of April 4, 2010, Easter Sunday. The shaking initially was reported by Twitter users as far North as San Diego, California, then later reported it was felt all over southern California and as far away as Arizona. The tremors initiated 6.2 miles underground, with a 7.2 magnitude.http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/ci14607652.php There have been no reports of injures or damage, however, The Los Angeles Times reported many high-rise buildings in the San Diego area swayed for over 30 seconds. No power outages were reported, but Disneyland closed their rides temporarily while they underwent a safety check.http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/ktla-earthquake,0,6948498.story

The epicenter of the earthquake, near Mexicali had many 3.0 magnitude tremors for more than a week leading up to the April 4th quake.http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7367234 On the day of the big quake, five different sets of tremors were reported.

Geologists believe this area of North America is riddled with earthquakes due to the shallow magma fields left from a volcano which is said to have erupted over 10,000 years ago, caused by the Baja peninsula being pulled apart from North American due to tectonic plate movement.http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-04-04/local-county-news/saturday-quake-tally-reaches-five-near-san-diego#ixzz0kAym3HKJ

A multitude of earthquakes hit Baja California on Monday, August 3, 2009."http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/03/four-earthquakes-hit-mexicos-gulf-of-california/" The first earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude, followed by a 6.9, then a 6.0 magnitude earthquake. Tremors could be felt as far away as San Diego, California"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/08/69-quake-in-baja-california-rattles-office-workers-in-downtown-san-diego.html" and Phoenix, Arizona."http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/08/03/20090803phx-tremors-ON-CR.html" There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.