Update 4 a.m.: KQED reporter Mina Kim lives in Napa, near the epicenter of this morning’s earthquake. She said she experienced violent shaking. In her words, “Everything came down” from the walls. “Our refrigerator moved across the kitchen. All the shelves came down.” She said she and her husband turned off their gas and are assessing the damage. She also reported a fire is visible in the distance, though she’s not sure what’s burning.
Todd Smoot, a KCBS editor, came on the air to report a major power outage in large parts of the Sonoma Valley.
Wow. No damage here in Santa Rosa but my house moved for 20 seconds. (I always count lightning so I started to count right away.) some of that could have been house settling back down since were on pier and beam here.
There may be more damage than expected because the epicenter was only 10 km (6.2 miles) beneath the surface. I wouldn’t be surprised that many retail stores near the epicenter—especially Napa and the American River Canyon section of Vallejo—may have collapsed shelving.