Crazy 6.1 Earthquake Shakes California: DEVASTATING AFTERMATH

Strong 6.1 Earthquake Rocks San Francisco Bay Area, Injures 89+, Significant Damage In Napa
BREAKING: California earthquake, magnitude 6.0, shakes thousands awake
Largest earthquake to hit the Bay Area since 1989 shakes Napa, Sonoma areas hardest.
(CBC)
Thousands of Californians were left without power after a 6.0 magnitude
earthquake shook an area north of San Francisco early Sunday morning.
The
earthquake hit around 3:20 a.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey
said, and could easily be felt by San Francisco Bay Area residents.
It's the largest earthquake to shake the Bay Area since the 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta quake in 1989, the USGS said.
The
quake's epicentre was eight kilometres northwest of the town of
American Canyon, about 60 kilometres north of the San Francisco. The
USGS says the depth of the earthquake was just less than 11 kilometres,
and numerous small aftershocks have occurred in the nearby Napa wine
country.
"The 6.0 is a sizeable quake for this area," said Randy
Baldwin, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden,
Colo., adding it depth would be considered a "shallow quake."
The
shaking set off car alarms and had residents of neighbouring Sonoma
County running out of their houses in the middle of night.
There were
no reports of major damage or injuries, but images posted on Twitter
showed kitchens shaken up ad some small damage done to building
exteriors in Napa.
Power company PG&E said tens of thousands of
customers in Napa and Sonoma — two tourist destinations known for their
wineries — were without power. The company did not say when it expected
to have electricity restored.
Thousands took to Twitter to register their shock, many tweeting that the quake woke them up.
"It
started very much like a rolling sensation and just got progressively
worse in terms of length," said Oakland resident Rich Lieberman.
"Not
so much in terms of shaking, but it did shake. It felt like a
side-to-side kind of rolling sensation. Nothing violent but extremely
lengthy and extremely active."
The USGS asked others who felt the quake to share with them what it felt like for future research.
The
agency also warned the Napa area will likely get 30 to 70 smaller
aftershocks — between 3 and 5 magnitute — over the next week.


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