6.0 Quake hits Bay Area

[Political Junky]

The report says it's 6.0, although that could change.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake reported in Napa County - SFGate

08-24) 03:49 PDT AMERICAN CANYON-- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 3 miles northwest of American Canyon (Napa County) at 3:20 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was felt widely throughout Northern California and had a depth of 6.7 miles, officials said.

In Benicia, several miles from the epicenter, the quake was strong enough to knocked pictures off mantles.

 

[guno]

The report says it's 6.0, although that could change.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake reported in Napa County - SFGate

08-24) 03:49 PDT AMERICAN CANYON-- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 3 miles northwest of American Canyon (Napa County) at 3:20 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was felt widely throughout Northern California and had a depth of 6.7 miles, officials said.

In Benicia, several miles from the epicenter, the quake was strong enough to knocked pictures off mantles.

Just got a message from a friend who was woke up by the quake near SF

 

[Stephanie]

Nothing new for Cali.

I went through three when I lived there back in the 90's. One I was working at a Nuclear plant. shook the ground a little and the lights in the building was swaying back and forth. this is just something most people there shrug off

 

[Mac1958]

Anything over a 5.2 or so is a pretty good freakin' jolt. A 6.0 is ten times more powerful than a 5.0.

I was there for the 7.1 Loma Prieta. Not cool. I don't wanna do THAT again.

When the Hayward fault goes, they're gonna have a real problem, the whole Bay Area.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

The report says it's 6.0, although that could change.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake reported in Napa County - SFGate

08-24) 03:49 PDT AMERICAN CANYON-- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 3 miles northwest of American Canyon (Napa County) at 3:20 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was felt widely throughout Northern California and had a depth of 6.7 miles, officials said.

In Benicia, several miles from the epicenter, the quake was strong enough to knocked pictures off mantles.

I lived in Benecia. And Dublin for the 7.1 in '89. 6 will get your attention. Depth is very shallow as quakes go, good thing it didn't happen at sea. While 6 isn't big enough to cause a Pacific-effect tsunami, it could cause a local one that'd flood the immediate coastal vicinity.

During the 7.1 I was on the 2nd floor of a duplex in bed. My initial thought was a semi had crashed into the house. Bedroom walls were swaying visibly which was anew and disconcerting experience. Was out of bed, down the stairs, and outside in about 5 seconds.

 

[Political Junky]

The quake has been upgraded to 6.1.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Common, usually flucuates by about .2 after a little while.

 

[Mac1958]

The report says it's 6.0, although that could change.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake reported in Napa County - SFGate

08-24) 03:49 PDT AMERICAN CANYON-- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 3 miles northwest of American Canyon (Napa County) at 3:20 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was felt widely throughout Northern California and had a depth of 6.7 miles, officials said.

In Benicia, several miles from the epicenter, the quake was strong enough to knocked pictures off mantles.

I lived in Benecia. And Dublin for the 7.1 in '89. 6 will get your attention. Depth is very shallow as quakes go, good thing it didn't happen at sea. While 6 isn't big enough to cause a Pacific-effect tsunami, it could cause a local one that'd flood the immediate coastal vicinity.

During the 7.1 I was on the 2nd floor of a duplex in bed. My initial thought was a semi had crashed into the house. Bedroom walls were swaying visibly which was anew and disconcerting experience. Was out of bed, down the stairs, and outside in about 5 seconds.

Yeah, that was a sumbitch. We lost a bunch of glasses and I got thrown up against a wall.

We lived in a townhouse complex, and we all wandered out to the middle area. A few minutes later our next door neighbor -- he had just moved to California about two weeks prior -- came out with a large bottle of Jack Daniels and a glass. He looked around and said:

"Does this happen very often?"



.

 

[guno]

The report says it's 6.0, although that could change.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake reported in Napa County - SFGate

08-24) 03:49 PDT AMERICAN CANYON-- A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 3 miles northwest of American Canyon (Napa County) at 3:20 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was felt widely throughout Northern California and had a depth of 6.7 miles, officials said.

In Benicia, several miles from the epicenter, the quake was strong enough to knocked pictures off mantles.

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Napa Valley region

 

[LoneLaugher]

Great Hanshin earthquake - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

I was sitting down to breakfast hundreds of miles away in Saitama Prefecture when the big one hit Kobe. It shook our chandelier pretty good. Seconds later it was reported that it happened that far away. We knew it was gonna be bad.

 

[Stephanie]

I mentioned in another thread I went through a 7.9 -8.0 in Alaska when I lived there
talk a about a JOLT
Luckily Alaska is so sparse the damage it caused was spread out. not like in Cali when it hits places like San Francisco

 

[Darkwind]

Anything over a 5.2 or so is a pretty good freakin' jolt. A 6.0 is ten times more powerful than a 5.0.

I was there for the 7.1 Loma Prieta. Not cool. I don't wanna do THAT again.

When the Hayward fault goes, they're gonna have a real problem, the whole Bay Area.

No joke. I lived on the Hayward fault in the 1970s. If it had happened then, it would have been really bad. I can't imagine how much worse today with the growth that has happened in the Bay Area.

This quake couldn't have been too bad in Sacramento though. I haven't received a call from either of My sons or from My brother or sister. They all probably slept through it. lol

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Yeah, that was a sumbitch. We lost a bunch of glasses and I got thrown up against a wall.

We lived in a townhouse complex, and we all wandered out to the middle area. A few minutes later our next door neighbor -- he had just moved to California about two weeks prior -- came out with a large bottle of Jack Daniels and a glass. He looked around and said:

"Does this happen very often?"



.

Asked similar when I moved here about tornados. "Get many tornados here?" - "None." She totally lied. Have had em in town almost every year. Just little ones F0 or short-lived F1 like but still. One was close enough I went outside to check it out (being the sort of moron to rushes to the coast to see the tsunami hehe) and I could see the debris cloud swirling around. Had 2x4 type debris raining down in our parking lot. Interesting change from quakes.