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Hissyspit

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1. USGS:
Sun Aug 24, 2014, 06:34 AM
Aug 2014
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/nc72282711#summary

M6.0 - 6km NW of American Canyon, California
2014-08-24 10:20:44 UTC
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SummaryLocation and Magnitude contributed by: Northern California Seismic System, UC Berkeley and USGS Menlo ParkGeneral


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California
38.214°N, 122.319°W
Depth: 10.8km (6.7mi)
Event Time

2014-08-24 10:20:44 UTC
2014-08-24 03:20:44 UTC-07:00 at epicenter
2014-08-24 06:20:44 UTC-04:00 system time
Location

38.214°N 122.319°W depth=10.8km (6.7mi)

Nearby Cities

6km (4mi) NW of American Canyon, California
9km (6mi) SSW of Napa, California
13km (8mi) NNW of Vallejo, California
14km (9mi) SE of Sonoma, California
82km (51mi) WSW of Sacramento, California
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PGA (%g)ShakeMap PGA ImagePGV (cm/s)ShakeMap PGV ImagePSA 0.3s (%g)Spectral Response - 0.3 Second PeriodPSA 1.0s (%g)Spectral Response - 1.0 Second PeriodPSA 3.0s (%g)Spectral Response - 3.0 Second PeriodUncertaintyShakeMap Uncertainty ImageStation ListText
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Scientific Background on the ShakeMap ProcessDid You Feel It? Tell Us!Contributed by USGS National Earthquake Information CenterTell Us!
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Intensity MapsIntensity MapGraphsIntensity vs. Distance
Responses vs. TimeResponsesResponse Data (34)Scientific Background on the Did You Feel It? ProcessScientificLocation and Magnitude contributed by: Northern California Seismic System, UC Berkeley and USGS Menlo ParkSummary
Preferred Location Parameters

Parameter Value Uncertainty
Magnitude 6.0 Mw Not Specified
Location 38.214°N, 122.319°W ± 0.2 km
Depth 10.8 km ± 0.3 km
Number of Stations Used 96
Number of Phases Used 89
Minimum Distance 3.0 km (0.03°)
Travel Time Residual 0.2 sec
Azimuthal Gap 29°
Review Status AUTOMATIC
Event ID nc72282711 See the “Contributed Solutions” for a list of all contributed location parameters.
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USGS: Hissyspit Aug 2014 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author RandySF Aug 2014 #5
6.0 California earthquake is not associated with any known fault Hissyspit Aug 2014 #36
@BreakingNews: Northern California hospital treats more than 70 patients from 6.0-magnitude earthqua Hissyspit Aug 2014 #65
The Big One! sasquuatch55 Aug 2014 #56
Entire house was rocking spiderpig Aug 2014 #2
omg..mine too... yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #3
I felt it down in San Jose area, so it had a pretty good range still_one Aug 2014 #4
Our building shook from side to side. RandySF Aug 2014 #6
I know what you mean about the tv. spiderpig Aug 2014 #13
LOL! Spiderpig, I can understand. I hope you're okay... Ecumenist Aug 2014 #67
We're fine, Ecumenist spiderpig Aug 2014 #92
Us too. The funny thing is that we had planned to go through Napa to Petaluma today....Uh, we'll go Ecumenist Aug 2014 #93
I felt it in Sacramento! Silver Gaia Aug 2014 #7
Me, too! silverweb Aug 2014 #9
6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Napa, Is Felt Across San Francisco yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #11
I felt it too. It woke me up and I thought, at first, that my husband was teasing me by Ecumenist Aug 2014 #69
I shook my entire house! jujubeads Aug 2014 #8
Magnitude 6.0 earthquake reported in Napa County yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #14
Earthquakes really freak me out too. It's the unexpectedness that gets to me. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #34
It takes a lot to wake me from a sound sleep stopwastingmymoney Aug 2014 #10
Didn't throw me out of bed... ailsagirl Aug 2014 #12
I don't think you have the right map here. cbayer Aug 2014 #15
This is the one you are posting the map too. cbayer Aug 2014 #16
got it thanks. yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #18
Well done. I couldn't have done this post at all. cbayer Aug 2014 #20
check out the first photo damage, from Napa Valley yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #21
Yikes. I hope there were no injuries and that there is not cbayer Aug 2014 #23
cuts, bumps and bruises. jakeXT Aug 2014 #62
Good to hear. I saw some of the damage. cbayer Aug 2014 #63
That sure looks familiar, hope everyone is OK. I used to live in SFO area. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #35
Me too! cynzke Aug 2014 #59
I remember too sometimes the earth shaking just a small amount, just a very very small one. First RKP5637 Aug 2014 #61
SF checkin in -- Hell Hath No Fury Aug 2014 #17
Cats and dogs slept right through it here, but the bird was definitely freaked out! Silver Gaia Aug 2014 #19
I am an hour north of you (Hwy 20 & I5), my dog was awaken by it as was I. calikid Aug 2014 #60
second photo from Napa Valley yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #24
My cat took off as soon as it started. Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #44
What part of CC county are you in? BuddhaGirl Aug 2014 #82
Central county Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #98
Yikes! I hope everyone is ok. (nt) PotatoChip Aug 2014 #22
from Twitter.. yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #25
I turned the light on to see the time, 3:25 on my clock this AM (wonder why that says 10:20) AnotherDreamWeaver Aug 2014 #96
That is strange..i did not even notice that time listed yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #99
Way too intense here in the Mission District of San Francisco NBachers Aug 2014 #26
"Everyone in San Francisco right now" yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #28
Mahalo for on the spot reporting, yuiyoshida! Take good care of yourselves out Cha Aug 2014 #27
laid back Californians yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #29
LOl! Like I said.. take good care! Cha Aug 2014 #31
you know most yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #32
And, Cha Aug 2014 #40
Also how we open wine bottles without a corkscrew. That was just awful. libdem4life Aug 2014 #66
I have an aunt who lives in Sunnyvale. Drunken Irishman Aug 2014 #30
Hope none are hurt! I used to live in SFO area. I definitely don't miss earthquakes. RKP5637 Aug 2014 #33
Damage from #NapaQuake in downtown #Napa Vintners Collective yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #37
OMG! That, is chilling. I started my new job in SFO area just RKP5637 Aug 2014 #41
Bummer, The Napa Vintners Collective building is/was the Pfeiffer building Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #57
I hope everyone is okay! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #38
Walmart trashed in American Canyon yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #39
Oh my . . . JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #42
First thing you do in one of those if you are awake, dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #72
Wow, impressive! That's going to take some cleaning up.. hope everybody is Cha Aug 2014 #43
Ah, the obligatory shot of the liquor aisle damage. Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #45
Rockin' and a rollin' in California davidpdx Aug 2014 #46
You know they got that theory is all wrong.... yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author davidpdx Aug 2014 #48
I remember back in 1989 they were selling these AsahinaKimi Aug 2014 #49
I'm in American Canyon. That was violent. paulkienitz Aug 2014 #50
I need to cry now RT @nycjim: This is what happens when an #earthquake hits wine country. yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #51
oh no! But it looks like some of the bottles might have survived wordpix Aug 2014 #84
**UPDATE***Napa homes burning after Northern California earthquake yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #52
Kudos to you for all the reports! dixiegrrrrl Aug 2014 #74
doumo arigatou gozaimasu yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #88
Frightening. Granny M Aug 2014 #53
BROKEN glass in Napa yuiyoshida Aug 2014 #55
Hard to imagine there aren't some injuries. Granny M Aug 2014 #58
Scary stuff! mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #54
I remember the Sylmar one well! BuddhaGirl Aug 2014 #85
shook up my friend in berkeley. mopinko Aug 2014 #64
USGS has upgraded to the 6.1 as originally reported. itsrobert Aug 2014 #68
I'm in Sacramento shanti Aug 2014 #70
I slept right through it. LeftyMom Aug 2014 #91
I felt it, woke me up. what part of Sactown are you in Shanti? I'm in north Natomas Ecumenist Aug 2014 #94
East of sacramento shanti Aug 2014 #97
Davis (and former Napa resident) Jack Rabbit Aug 2014 #71
3 people critically injured after California quake jakeXT Aug 2014 #73
You - and other DU'ers - Berlin Expat Aug 2014 #75
hope its not a precursor drray23 Aug 2014 #76
From our local paper: stopwastingmymoney Aug 2014 #77
Napa mayor, city planner, police chief, etc. seem highly competent lebkuchen Aug 2014 #78
New Madrid Seismic Zone, but it's in south Missouri jakeXT Aug 2014 #80
Missouri has its hands full with jaywalkers, let alone earthquakes. lebkuchen Aug 2014 #90
Hug to you from a fellow ring of fire resident suffragette Aug 2014 #79
People who don't live in California think that they happen all of the time. They don't olddad56 Aug 2014 #81
lucky the bottle of wine in the pic didn't break wordpix Aug 2014 #83
Is Russian River Brewery ok? SnakeEyes Aug 2014 #86
Drivers are impressed with the pictures on the walls jakeXT Aug 2014 #87
Sonoma Raceway is up an running today Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #89
Does anyone know how bad Vallejo took it? mackerel Aug 2014 #95
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