M6.0 quake south of california

[pyriel]

Looks like a 6.0 earthquake south of california. The Baja california area.

http://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse#p/u/0/eNbwuC9q64I

Dutchsinse posted. Pretty short then what he normally does but seems things are slowly coming to the west coast.

[steveofengland]

Living in the UK where we have almost no earthquakes a 6 sounds strong is it fair to say that even a 5 is quite serious? I see that California had a 5.2 last night.

[pyriel]

dont know much about earthquakes myself. A 6.0 will shake things and probably cause minor damage but wont bring down a building unless it's really old then maybe. Believe the depth plays into it also, meaning the deeper into the earth it is, less likely to be felt and less damaging. A 9.0(max on scale) will do large to massive damage. Anything larger then a 9.0 and you might as well kiss most buildings good-bye.

As I said tho, dont know much about earthquakes and the depth thing, etc etc. Maybe someone will alot better understanding then me would like to comment and explain things for you.