LOS ANGELES -- A magnitude-7.2 earthquake just across the border in Mexico rocked buildings from Los Angeles to Phoenix on Sunday, but there were no reports of major damage.
The quake struck at 3:40 p.m. Pacific time in Baja California, Mexico, about 16 miles southwest of the town of Quadalupe Victoria.
U.S. officials said they were still trying to get reports of potential damage near the center of the quake. Its center was 108 miles east of Tijuana, Mexico, just across the border from San Diego.
Robert Valadez of El Centro, Calif., said the earthquake woke him from his afternoon sleep before he was to go to work at a 7-Eleven store.
"Everything fell down," said Valadez, a cashier. "My TV's broken right now, my computer fell down. ... All the cabinets, the doors opened and all the cups and everything from the cabinets, everything is broken."
Arizona State University student Kari McBride, 20, who works at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Phoenix, said the quake shook the pediatric intensive care unit..........read more


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