M 6.1 Earthquake, 6km NW of American Canyon, California [CA Freepers please check in]

USGS ^ | August 24. 2014 | No Attribution

[MeshugeMikey]

An earthquake with magnitude 6.1 occurred near American Canyon, CA at 10:20:44.00 UTC on Aug 24, 2014. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

[Pride in the USA]

ping

[Doomonyou]

Same here in Petaluma, seemed like for 15-20 seconds.

[MeshugeMikey]

that’s because the Earthquakes Epicenter....was in AMERICAN Canyon....’/s

[MeshugeMikey]

ahahaha ..I LIKE your SPIRIT!

[MeshugeMikey]

Im headed for Petaluma...at 9:15 this morning and Im hopin that several thousand people hoping to get a glimpse of the damage in Napa arent on 101 at the same time....

I have to wonder when the quakes near that volcano in Iceland will occur.

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[Doomonyou]

Looking at HWY 12 (the new section) looks like it buckled and had some lateral movement of a foot or so. Caltrans making repairs.

We didn't have any damage here.

[MeshugeMikey]

Liftoff time here 15 Minutes and counting.

I havent heard of any damage to 101 as yet, and Im hoping the looky lou’s wont be out in force.

[freebilly]

In Napa and Am Can Friday and Saturday on sales calls. Looks like I’ll have to push back some appointments in downtown Napa that I scheduled for this week. Crazy....

[freebilly]

Even with all the store-front windows broken, no evidence of looting. :)

Downtown Napa is very expensive real estate. The Mexicans making up most of the ethnic minorities living in Napa are generally from families who've lived there for generations. No one is going to loot their own business....

[devolve]

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- Blessed be the Korean storeowners with scoped AR-15’s

[Polynikes]

Take this as a wake up call. No pun intended. All folks in the Bay area time to check on your EQ supplies. Rotate your water stocks if you have them. Consider that there may be a encore.

[jetson]

Waited 20 years to see if the house I designed and built was earthquake proof. Rode it out fine. The interesting sight was huge flashes to the east and west horizon during the whole thing. Thought it was lightning but turned out to be transformers and sub stations putting on a light show.

[reed13k]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

(prayers up for all those impacted)

[jetson]

Im headed for Petaluma...at 9:15 this morning and Im hopin that several thousand people hoping to get a glimpse of the damage in Napa arent on 101 at the same time....

Plus big races today at Sears point so traffic will be the sh*ts.

[thecodont]

It sure woke me up.

I was awake seven minute prior to the quake (maybe there were undetectable shock waves preceding the big rumble). This one lasted a relatively long time and I couldn't figure out the epicenter or magnitude right away. Here (east SF Bay) it felt like a 4.6 or 4.8, as no items were flying off the shelves as they would have been with a mag. 5 or greater.

[DocRock]

Bookmark for scanner feed... thanks

[Political Junkie Too]

It was just a gentle roller out here in San Ramon.

-PJ

[Sarah Barracuda]

Prayers up from everyone here in SoCal, we know what you guys are going through

[CedarDave]

Did the punk-er happen to identify with a certain New York shock jock with the last name of Stern?

Ha! Hard to tell, started off sounding professional then came out with his remark and was cut. Lady news-reader didn't seem flustered and immediately apologized. I thought the networks had a few second time-delay for these phone interviews with callers-in with eyewitness info.