Posted on 08/24/2014 3:39:32 AM PDT by 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.)
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Widespread power outages in Sonoma valley, fire(s) in northern Napa residential area. - CBS SF Radio
CHP stopped traffic to check Mare Island bridge on SR 37
Noozpeeps about to cry over broken wine bottles oh th huge manatee
Severe damage in downtown Napa. Main, 2nd, 3rd, Brown streets hit hard. CBS SF Radio
Napa County Fire and CAL FIRE LNU East Live Audio Feed
http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/865/web
A guy posted this on the KCRA Sacramento station website:
Serious damage and collapsed structures in napa city. 100 calls backed up on the scanner for napa city with people trapped in collapsed structures per cal fire on the scanner. multiple injuries and multiple rescues. gas lines from vallejo, benetia, napa city broken as well as water mains. visible earth damage in places. Multiple OES strike teams dispatched to Napa city. Full buildings collapsed along with infrastructure. 100 calls for help pending in napa city. visible fault in places. CHP called in damage to state route 37. Napa city and American Canyon both damaged the worst of all. All the strike teams are headed for the cal fire napa city station.
http://m.kcra.com/news/usgs-60-earthquake-shakes-northern-california/27703718
Glad most of the folks in Napa probably home from work away from damage areas. Looks bad.
Vallejo FRiends, I heard the I-37 Bridge buckled from the quake and is closed. Anything to that?
I forgot there was so much residential downtown.
I hope everyone will be okay.
NBC-TV Local Live Stream
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/NBC-Bay-Area-News-Live-Stream-Newscasts-243824281.html
IIRC, Mare Island bridge is being inspected by CHP.
The really damaged part is the overpass on SR37 that crosses Sonoma Blvd/SR 29. IIRC buckling was between Sonoma Blvd and Fairgrounds on SR 37
To summarize:
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake epicentered at the southern edge of Napa struck at 3:20 a.m.
Damage is reported in the city of Napa ranging from the collapse of commercial building facades in downtown Napa to extensive exterior and interior damage of single-story homes in the surrounding area.
Witnesses are reporting two major fires at the northern end of Napa, one possibly in a mobile home park.
PG&E reports thousands of homes are without power in Napa and Sonoma counties and Vallejo in Solano County.
The California Highway Patrol and Caltrans are assessing damage to roads in the North Bay. Numerous pictures of buckled roads have appeared on Twitter
Napa city....
Full buildings collapsed along with infrastructure. 100 calls for help pending in napa city.
Wow! Looks like Napa got hit pretty hard!
sevever structural damage on jefferson street, per Napa Fire, notify residents they CANT secure the buildings : /
Mike
I didn’t feel anything here in Antelope, have the valley in between to attenuate the seismic waves.
ouch! that will be costly!
Mike
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