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Hell Hath No Fury

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17. SF checkin in --

Sun Aug 24, 2014, 06:58 AM

Aug 2014

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I am bolted and up on bedrock -- my wood house was a rockin' good! Freaked the cats out! Biggest I've felt since '89, by far.

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A 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred 3.73mi WSW of American Canyon (NorCal) [View all] yuiyoshida Aug 2014 OP

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