7.2-Magnitude Quake near Mexicali, Mexico

Northwest-southeast-trending mountains and wide basins dominate the topography between the Gulf of California and the Mexico-United States border where a major earthquake occurred on April 4, 2010.

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NASA Earth Observatory image created by Jesse Allen, using ASTER GDEM data provided courtesy of NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Earthquake and fault map data is provided courtesy of the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published April 6, 2010
Data acquired April 4 - 5, 2010

Source:

Terra > ASTER