He was probably just kidding, of course, but his tweets made for an entertaining Twitter moment regardless. Shortly after the earthquake occurred, Chopra tweeted out the following:
He explained further in his next tweet, saying:
CNN reports that the earthquake originated in Baja California at 3:40 PM Pacific time and then spawned five aftershocks, including a 4.1-magnitude shake in the northern California town of Santa Rosa. There haven't been any reports of significant casualties or damage despite the severity of the initial quake, but the quake was felt as far away as Phoenix, Arizona.
TwitPics of the earthquake have been floating around, but most of them show minor disorder like fallen items in convenience store aisles. It doesn't look anything like what we saw out of Chile. However, Twitter lit up right away; "Baja California" is currently a trending topic.