Simone墨西哥发生7.2级大地震
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4月4日，墨西哥西北部与美国交界的下加利福尼亚州4日遭遇7.2级强震。地震发生后，墨西加利的公用系统被损毁，通讯瘫痪，全市80万市民陷入停电、停水、电话不通困境。之后24小时内已发生上百次余震。这引起南加州民众人心惶惶，担心这是另一轮大地震的前兆。对此，地震专家5日指出，虽然大地震后发生了100多次余震，但一切均属于正常范围内，因此专家普遍乐观，不认为此次地震会增加南加州遭遇大地震袭击的可能性。
The governor of the Mexican state of Baja California said Monday he is asking the federal government for a natural disaster declaration after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook the region.
The quake struck at 3:40 p.m. Sunday (6:40 p.m. ET) about 110 miles east-southeast of Tijuana, Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The border city of Mexicali, the capital of Baja California, was the hardest hit by Sunday's quake, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Two people died, and 233 injuries were reported, Gov. Jose Guadalupe Osuna said, according to the state-run Notimex news agency. Doctors in Mexicali told that between five and 10 people were in critical condition.
On Monday, authorities examined the damage in Mexicali. Electricity was restored in some parts of the city, and most structures were standing, though the cleanup appeared to be daunting. Glass and other debris were strewn around the city.
Unlike the recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, there were no reports of people trapped underneath rubble.
The city's hospital was also damaged, so doctors were seeing patients in the parking lot.
