# 6.1 Earthquake this morning near Napa. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367 "2014-08-24T12:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/21 "2014-08-24T18:01:43Z")
It woke me up in El Cerrito. The shaking wasn’t very strong here, but it seemed to go on for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/22 "2014-08-24T18:08:35Z")
Santa Rosa here. I was awake when it happened; a long rolling quake. Everything shaked and swayed and the lights flickered several times. There’s apparently been some damage to buildings and power outages. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/23 "2014-08-24T18:21:34Z")
Anyone killed or injured? ---
**Author:** ![Listycake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b487fb/32.png) [@Listycake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Listycake)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/24 "2014-08-24T18:27:20Z")
Completely slept through it here in Cupertino, but I’ve slept through my house’s fire alarm so I guess that doesn’t say much. ---
**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/25 "2014-08-24T18:32:54Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Considering there are _several million_ earthquakes per year, that’s not really ESP stuff there. Of course, the majority of those are \< 2.0 and felt by very few people. Agreed. The USGS lists the earthquake as 6.0. [According to their web site,](http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/eqstats.php) the frequency of 6.0 and greater earthquakes is 150 per year, so about three per week. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/26 "2014-08-24T18:40:33Z")
It woke my friends up in Mountain View. They are fine. My friend said 3 killed and 70 injured in Napa area…[this CNN article](http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/24/us/california-earthquake/) says 3 “critically injured” and over 90 other injuries. Don’t click the link tho…fuck their auto-play video and ads :-/ ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/27 "2014-08-24T18:59:08Z")
I’m not seeing any reports of fatalities in the local news; 3 critical injuries and less than 100 checking in for some type of medical attention. Definitely [some loss of wine](http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Winemakers-evaluate-Napa-earthquake-damage-5708999.php), but most of the wineries are farther up the valley, where I’m not seeing any reports of damage. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/28 "2014-08-24T19:11:25Z")
Napa resident here. I live about three miles from the epicenter. BIG FUCKING SHAKE! The missus and I yelled “earthquake!” at each other, then “kids!” and ran into their room as the house was jumping around. Pulled them out of bed as it died, rounded up the kittens and hung out in the back yard for a couple hours waiting for aftershocks. Everything’s ok in the house, no house damage, just some stuff off the shelves. We got off easy. There were five aftershocks, but we couldn’t feel them, but one was a 3.6 we did feel. I feel like I have a hangover from the adrenaline. Three critically injured, a bunch of historic buildings busted up downtown, no deaths. To badly paraphrase Larry Niven: God was knocking, and he wanted in…BAD. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/29 "2014-08-24T19:49:50Z")
Absolutely nothing here in Auburn. My wife was awake reading and felt nothing. I was asleep, but I can sleep through anything anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/30 "2014-08-24T19:57:52Z")
There’s an important moral lesson here: Earthquakes are bad news. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/31 "2014-08-24T20:10:17Z")
I was awake (watching the FXX _Simpsons_ marathon) so definitely felt it right away. It lasted long enough that I got under a door jam but wasn’t really worried. I’m in Oakland so about 32 miles from the epicenter in American Canyon. By comparison, I was over twice that distance from the Loma Prieta in '89 (about 75 miles away) and you could tell just by the feel of it that it was something much more serious and far scarier (at 6.9, it was almost 10x worse than last night’s). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/32 "2014-08-24T20:50:30Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > It lasted long enough that I got under a door jam . . . What is the recommended response – getting under a doorjamb, or getting outside? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/33 "2014-08-24T21:07:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What is the recommended response – getting under a doorjamb, or getting outside? It depends where you are. If you in a city, with lots of tall buildings, stay inside. Falling glass and all that. Just sit down and enjoy the ride. The first sensation you’ll get is that you’re dizzy and falling, then you realize it’s an earthquake. Best bet is to find a strong area away from windows and items that might fall. Typically a door jam or a hallway. If you’re sleeping, don’t get up and walk around bare footed. Broken glass etc. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/34 "2014-08-24T22:15:24Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Nothing here in Campbell. > > What’s the real story with broken wine bottles? Joke fodder or significant monetary losses? The news reported that a liquor store in Napa had the contents of all of their bottles flowing out the front and the back doors when they arrived, We didn’t feel it here east of Sacramento, I checked with my sisters in San Leandro and Castro Valley and they didn’t feel it either. From the news report, the worst injury was a young child who was hit by falling bricks from a chimney. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/35 "2014-08-24T22:19:31Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > What is the recommended response – getting under a doorjamb, or getting outside? Never, ever, ever run outside during an earthquake. Apparently, the “stand in a doorway” advice is [falling out of favor,](http://knowledgenuts.com/2013/12/18/a-doorway-isnt-safest-during-an-earthquake/) as well. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/36 "2014-08-24T23:07:51Z")
Under a table or desk is what they teach now for earthquake preparedness in schools etc. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/37 "2014-08-24T23:28:58Z")
In Union City, I felt it moderately strongly, but it didn’t wake my wife up. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/38 "2014-08-24T23:32:35Z")
At work they train us to get in the Triangle Of Life, if we can’t get under a desk or table. I’m still used to thinking “doorway!!!” And it’s hard to break the habit so that’s what we did. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/39 "2014-08-25T01:11:05Z")
> [@Hedda\_Rosa](#): > > At work they train us to get in the Triangle Of Life, if we can’t get under a desk or table. The “Triangle Of Life” is [apparently not supported](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_of_Life) by any reputable experts. > [@Hedda\_Rosa](#): > > I’m still used to thinking “doorway!!!” And it’s hard to break the habit so that’s what we did. Same. Although a lot of that was that there was nowhere nearby I could go from where I was that wasn’t at risk of something falling on it. I didn’t want to run in front of a bookcase and get squashed if it fell. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367/40 "2014-08-25T01:50:28Z")
Berkeley and I was already half-awake when it hit - nice, long roll but no sharp movements. Set some light fixtures to swinging, but nothing off the shelves. But I did hear of a friend’s co-worker that had his studio apt in the Sonoma area thrashed when a toilet came off the wall :(. Hope everyone here in the North Bay gets out with no or minimal damage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-1-earthquake-this-morning-near-napa/696367.md?page=3)