GOV. BROWN ISSUES STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR SOUTH NAPA QUAKE
AMERICAN CANYON, Calif. (KGO) -- Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency due to the damage resulting from the 6.1-magnitude earthquake centered in southern Napa County. The governor includes power outages to 69,000 area residents, continued aftershocks, and fires as additional reasons for this morning's emergency declaration. The declaration allows all available state resources to be directed toward earthquake response efforts.
In a statement issued earlier Sunday morning, he said: "My Office of Emergency Services has been on full activation since early this morning and is working close with state and local emergency managers, first responders and transportation officials to respond to impacts to residents and critical infrastructure. These safety officials are doing all they can to help residents and those living in affected areas should follow their guidance and instruction."
The 6.1 earthquake was reported at 3:20 a.m. about three miles northwest of American Canyon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The U.S.G.S. also reported 2.5 and 3.6 magnitude aftershocks about four miles southwest of Napa at 5:01 a.m. and 5:47 a.m., respectively. Several smaller aftershocks have also been reported.
Officials with the U.S.G.S. said this morning's earthquake is the largest to hit the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta Earthquake almost 25 years ago. The agency originally reported the quake to have been magnitude 6.0, but it was later upgraded to 6.1.
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