The Recent Quake affected Anza Borrego

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Posted by Steve Sieren on April 6, 2010 at 12:58 AM

The recent Baja Earthquake did quite a bit a bit of damage to some of the some of the canyons in Anza Borrego State Park. The epicenter was close to 50 miles away.

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Posted by Kurt Budde on April 6, 2010 at 1:01 AM

Whoa!

You always see these huge tumbled blocks and wonder - was it weather, geologic processes, time..?

Pretty cool to see it firsthand shortly after it happened.

Posted by Preston Birdwell on April 6, 2010 at 1:08 AM

From the pictures, it looks like those folks were fortunate to have not become victims. Yikes!

I'd give those canyons a wide berth for a while.

--P

Posted by Floris van Breugel on April 6, 2010 at 1:51 AM

Woah.. thanks for sharing the link!

Posted by Ben Horne on April 6, 2010 at 1:54 AM

I know that area well. Originally, I was planning on heading out there that day, but decided to change my plans. Who knows what would have happened?

Posted by Paul Duval on April 6, 2010 at 8:22 AM

Geologic time is not always measured in millenia, sometimes it's seconds. Thanks for sharing Steve.

Paul

Posted by Harley Goldman on April 6, 2010 at 10:17 AM

I love the photo of the moderator, horse puller. What a classic look.

Posted by Paul Breitkreuz on April 6, 2010 at 11:26 AM

Steve, seeing the large fallen debris and rocks in the dirt road beds brought to mind the VW-Bug sized boulder that landed on Tioga pass as I drove through there one day. It then dawned on me big time how all those divots got into the pavement on that road. Check it out sometime.

Posted by Eric Good on April 6, 2010 at 3:00 PM

Maybe I should rethink my campsite selection in the future. This was from last weekend in the southern section of Anza Borrego.

Posted by Jeffrey Sipress on April 6, 2010 at 3:01 PM

Time for some serious four wheelin'.