Observations from UCSD Team: El Centro, Calexico & UABC (Mexicali) Area

Brief Report – EERI Clearinghouse – UCSD Team
Tara Hutchinson, Matthew Hoehler, Arnold Gastelum, Derrick Watkins and Richard Wood
4/12/2010

Three days following the event, on April 7, 2010, a team of five from the San Diego area visited the
affected areas of El Centro, Calexico, and Mexicali. This initial survey immediately after the event was
intended to largely focus on nonstructural damage. Team members included Tara Hutchinson, Arnold
Gastelum, Derrick Watkins, and Richard Wood of the University of California, San Diego, and Matthew
Hoehler of Hilti Corporation. In addition to driving through affected areas, four detailed site surveys were
documented, namely (1) El Centro Regional Medical Center and Medical Plaza (N32.7804°,
W115.5685°; 1415 Ross Avenue, El Centro, CA 92243), (2) Calexico Water Treatment Plant (N32.6703°,
W115.5050°; 545 Pierce Avenue, Calexico, CA 92231), (3) Downtown Calexico (N32.6674°,
W115.4946°), and (4) Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali (UABC; N32.6320°,
W115.4444°). Select images from each of these sites are provided below. Additional reporting will follow
in the near future. Note that all images within this report were taken on April 7, 2010 unless otherwise
noted.

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