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Strong quake: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolted the Mexican state of Baja California this week, ripping cracks in roads and rocking buildings hundreds of miles away in Los Angeles and Phoenix. Three people were killed by collapsing walls in the border city of Mexicali, while hundreds were injured. The quake was similar in force and depth to the January earthquake in Haiti, but Baja is sparsely populated, so damage was much less extensive. “If you had to place a large earthquake, this was a good location,” said seismologist Susan Hough of the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientists say there is no connection between the Baja quake and recent ones in Haiti and Chile, as all occurred on different fault lines.

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