California’s Bay Area has shaken
and rattled by an earthquake of 6.1 magnitudes. The earthquake which was measured
Napa Valley on Sunday morning at 3:30 that was strongly shaken the houses like
a boat on water.
It occurred near the town of
Napa. There have not been any deaths reported till now but injured 87 people. It
was strongly damage the building, stores has destroyed due to shaking and some
other parts of highways have closed for security reason. The police authorities
said there have been numerous casualties.
The epicenter of the earthquake
was in the north of the Bay Area, it was the biggest quake since the Loma
Prieta earthquake in 1989 that wreaked havoc in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and
Oakland. That quake measured 6.9 magnitudes that killed 63 people and injuring
3,757.
It is estimating, at least 42,000 homes
are without power in the area. The USGS says the probability of another
aftershock is high in the next week.
The earthquake got hit the Bay
area in 25 years. Now it is the responsibility of San Francisco authorities to reinforce
the efforts and made plans to retrofit buildings.
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