Magnitude-7.2 quake strikes near U.S.-Mexico border

One of the strongest earthquakes to hit Southern California in decades shook tens of millions of people in two countries and three States on Sunday, swaying buildings from Los Angeles to Phoenix to Las Vegas. At least one person in Mexico was killed and others were feared trapped in their homes. The 7.2-magnitude quake struck at 3.40 pm PDT (6.20 am IST), about 30 km southeast of the border city of Mexicali, Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Three aftershocks of magnitudes 5.1,....




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