6.0 Bay Area Earthquake Wakes Up Bay Area — Biggest in 25 Years; Damages Reported
POSTED: 08/24/2014 03:53:39 AM PDT2 COMMENTS| UPDATED: ABOUT 2 HOURS AGO
The biggest Bay Area earthquake in a quarter-century rattled the region early Sunday morning, with a 6.0 rattler waking up nervous locals, knocking out power to tens of thousands of buildings and knocking items off shelves in homes and stores.
The quake was reported at 3:20 a.m. and was centered close to Buchli Station Road, near American Canyon in Napa County, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An estimated total of 2.3 million people from the Santa Cruz area to Wine Country felt the quake, spanning 100 miles, the USGS reported.
The last time an earthquake of this size hit the Bay Area was in 1989, when the infamous Loma Prieta quake reached a magnitude 6.9 and caused severe damage. The largest on record was the historic 7.8 earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906.
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