Photos of the ground displacement at the geologic fault at Laguna Salada, Baja California, as a result of the April 4, 2010, 15:40 PDT earthquake




Photos of the ground displacement at the Laguna Salada Fault, in Baja California, as a result of the April 4, 2010, 15:40 PDT earthquake with epicenter near Guadalupe Victoria, south of Mexicali.

Preliminary field measurements by CICESE researchers have documented (a) a vertical displacement of 0.4 m, (b) a horizontal displacement of 2 m, and (c) a longitudinal length of fracture of close to 100 km.

[Photos released by Dr. Francisco Suarez Vidal on April 28, 2010].



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