Early Sunday , the San Francisco Bay area is struck by an
earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 , prompting governor of California . Jerry
Brown to declare an emergency state, as the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The Earthquake happened before 3:30 a.m. Pacific time which
is far away about ten miles northwest of American Canyon, and it is sex miles southern
of Napa, In California, according to the Associated Press, as Leslie Gordon of
USGS said .
Since the devasting 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta quake in 1989,
the current one considered the largest to shake Northern California as the USGS
said.
And it resulted from this quake destroying dozens of
historic buildings and breaking 5o gas line and 30 water main according to officials
of the city.
And after the temblor , four homes were destroyed by fire at
a mobile –home park .
Thus , officials declared that they are working on securing
downtown area and identifying the most damaged structures.
And one of the city’s population called Jay Jacob, who lives
on and owns the Cuttings Wharf Vineyard in Napa described the area as a disaster.
Jacob said that they have no electricity , and lines are
down everywhere, it knocked over a
cabinet full of clothes , and TV knocked off the stand , and all pictures flew
off the wall.
Jacob does not think that there is a damage in his 20 years
old house or his vineyard although other wineries didn’t escape damage.
Daniel Weintraub said that he witnessed number of
earthquakes including Loma Prieta in 1989 , but he didn’t remember being awakened
by an earthquake in Sacramento , considered an earthquake-free zone.
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