5.9 earthquake strikes the Gulf of California- the latest in a string rattling the globe

 

July 26, 2011 – CALIFORNIA – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Tuesday in the Gulf of California, off the coast of the Baja California Peninsula in northwestern Mexico, officials said. The earthquake’s epicenter was 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico’s National Seismological Service said, and about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) from Tijuana, Baja California. No damages or injuries have been reported from the quake. Regions in the U.S. state of California and the Mexican state of Baja California register frequent seismic activity due to the presence of the San Andreas Fault. –CNN

Shaky Planet: A string of moderate earthquakes have rattled the globe over the last 24 hours. They include quakes in the Kuril Islands and Molucca Sea, a 5.2 on the Peru-Ecuador border, a 5.2 quake in Papua New Guinea, a 5.7 on Mid-Indian Ridge, and a 5.1 in Mindanao Philippines, double quakes in Kamchatka (5.8 and 5.4), a 5.0 in Iran and earthquake swarms in Puerto Rico, the Canary Islands and Western Turkey. Seismic activity also appears to be increasing in Northern Italy- the region has seen 3 earthquakes in recent days.  –The Extinction Protocol