Mexico earthquake shakes Southern California; no major damage reported in Los Angeles [Updated] | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times

Mexico earthquake shakes Southern California; no major damage reported in Los Angeles [Updated] | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times: "An earthquake estimated to be magnitude 6.9 struck in the Guadalupe Victoria area of Baja California this afternoon, shaking skyscrapers in San Diego and Los Angeles.

[Updated, 4:40 p.m.: Caltech seismologists said the latest preliminary estimates place the magnitude at 7.2. That number could change as more data come in.]

The Los Angeles Fire Department said it was going into 'earthquake' mode, checking buildings and bridges for possible structural damage and checking reports of people stuck in elevators. Rides were temporarily closed at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim.

There were no reports of major infrastructure damage in Los Angeles, but reports were still coming in from San Diego and Mexico. San Diego fire officials were responding to at least one report of a damaged building.

There were no power outages in Los Angeles as a result of the quake."