I was in my in-laws house when it happened (They live in the edge of the city), so i didn't have immediate access to my emergency stuff (I had stopped carrying stuff in the car due to car robberies common here).

My brothers in-law and I hopped in my SUV (I was the one with a full tank) and went to check our houses, closed the gas tanks, water lines, electricity, gathered the emergency items (tents, blankets, camping gear) food and water and made a campground with the in-laws. We went to a water channel to fill up a 200 lt. plastic container for bathroom use.

My family is used to camping trips to the beach and mountains , so the idea of being a few days sleeping out in tents without light and running water wasn't bad, they all knew what to do.

My daughter wanted to stay a few days more "camping with her grandparents".

Unfortunately my in-laws house has been determined unsafe (It is a very old house that was made with a material called "Adobe", they are blocks made of mud, straw and ashes, joined together with mud, a common building material in the Mexicali valley)and is going to be demolished. So right now we are making them a new house (starting with only 2 rooms and the bathroom), we hope to finish them by the weekend.

So my only regret was not to have my basic emergency gear in the car, otherwise, everything went fairly well. I try not to have less than a half tank of gas in the car (this was a big problem with everybody, i had to take them to a gas station that had an emergency generator and make a huge line to buy gas.

This event has made people aware (again) that they need to be prepared for an emergency, they all where too accustomed to quakes that didn't had repercussions, so this one caught them off guard.