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Message 1561467 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 11:04:25 UTC

6.0 magnitude earthquake hits northern California

By Rick Martin, CNN

updated 6:49 AM EDT, Sun August 24, 2014

(CNN) -- A preliminary 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the northern San Francisco Bay area early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake struck six miles southwest of Napa and nine miles from Sonoma, according to the USGS.

There were no immediate reports of damage.
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Message 1561470 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 11:19:50 UTC

By Rick Martin and Carma Hassan, CNN

updated 7:03 AM EDT, Sun August 24, 2014



Napa County Fire Capt. Jim Christenson said his units were driving around looking for damage.

"So far at the fire house we lost a fish tank and some glassware," he said.

A dispatcher for the Napa County Sheriff's Office said there was some water damage. She declined to provide additional details, saying she's not authorized to talk to the media.

CNN's Augie Martin, who lives in San Francisco described the earthquake as "the softest, most rolling 6.0 earthquake I've ever felt. It was obvious -- no doubt. But living in the city proper, it was more of a roller than a sharp jolt."
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Message 1561471 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 11:24:13 UTC

Hope all our Setizens in CA are OK.
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Message 1561479 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 11:58:21 UTC - in response to Message 1561471.  

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Message 1561484 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 12:25:34 UTC - in response to Message 1561479.  

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Message 1561485 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 12:38:50 UTC - in response to Message 1561484.  

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Well, I guess we know the colo is still standing........
Hope the Hotel Korpela has not sustained any damage.
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Message 1561489 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 13:02:09 UTC - in response to Message 1561484.  

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Message 1561495 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 13:19:13 UTC - in response to Message 1561489.  

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Message 1561511 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 13:58:43 UTC

Safeway supermarket damaged in Vallejo CA, lots of bottles on the floor. Some fire trucks are out in Napa CA slowly driving around patrolling the area. Some fallen bricks and damaged cars in downtown Napa. One corner on the 2nd floor of a building collapsed. A mobile home on fire in Napa, fire department is there fighting the fire there, plus numerous power outages. 3 and 4G cell networks are up though. 6.7 mile depth with over 30 aftershocks. Queen of the Valley Hospital with 70 injuries being reported, mostly minor. Wide spread damage to buildings across old town Napa. The Governor is working closely with local authorities. CHP says to avoid downtown Napa if possible.
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Message 1561523 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 14:33:06 UTC

A 6.0 is a good shaker but the building codes that most structures were constructed with will result in little or no damage. It is enough of a quake that you don't want to be walking around when it hits because you will fall. They still might report damage to older building that haven't had the earthquake retrofits.
As for the road system, California has spent over 15 years and a good deal of money upgrading the road system to handle a shaker like this. Many of the older overpasses used support columns without enough steel in them, They could be recognized by their square shape. The new ones are round and have a massive steel rebar structure under the concrete.

What scares me a bit is we had as a customer the San Francisco utilities. The are located in a multistory building that was constructed just after the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the building is steel and brick. They weren't sure if the building would withstand a really big earthquake but replacing or upgrading it would be a costly undertaking.
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Message 1561525 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 14:33:34 UTC

Strongest aftershock was a 3.6, latest is a 1.4.
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Message 1561542 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 15:05:05 UTC

Well, somebody had to say it..........

It's my fault./
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Message 1561562 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 15:43:08 UTC

0320 PDT - I slept through this one.

I was at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo during the 1989 Loma Prieta quake. Real bucking bronco ride. American Canyon is about 1 mile north of there, and Napa is about a 10-15 minute drive north/northwest. Lovely area.

Damage and injury reports not real bad so far. Hope not too much damage to the wineries and brewries around there.
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Message 1561567 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 15:52:34 UTC

Napa wine and ACE trains canceled for inspections to the tracks.

Quake upgraded by USGS from 6.0 to 6.1.

Various roads in the area buckled, one by about 10".
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Message 1561573 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 16:07:48 UTC

It woke me up at 3:20 AM - PDT. I immediately turned on channel 5; and, they had text scrolling at the bottom of the screen stating it was a 5.7. Guess they were wrong.

I hate middle of the night quakes. They always wake me up, and then it takes me over an hour to get back to sleep. :-(
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Message 1561583 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 16:31:18 UTC
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Now it's 4 mobile homes destroyed, in more than 1 park.

Water lines fractured near mobile homes resulting in low water pressure, fires were natural gas fed.
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Message 1561586 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 16:33:57 UTC

Governor Brown has declared a state of emergency in the area.
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Message 1561594 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 16:54:00 UTC - in response to Message 1561542.  

Well, somebody had to say it..........

It's my fault./

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Message 1561605 - Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 17:07:09 UTC - in response to Message 1561594.  

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Did it hit that far north?
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