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Old 24 August 2014, 08:44 PM   #1
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Anybody Sf bay feel 6.1 ?

Just woke up to the 6.1earth quake anybody else ?
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Old 24 August 2014, 08:46 PM   #2
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Time to get out before the BIG one hits!
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Old 24 August 2014, 08:49 PM   #3
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Old 24 August 2014, 08:53 PM   #4
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No pics yet on the news over here, is it bad?
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Old 24 August 2014, 09:05 PM   #5
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I felt it, thought I was going crazy from waiting but FB did confirm way before news outlets did.
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Old 24 August 2014, 09:28 PM   #6
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Be safe out there guys...
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Old 24 August 2014, 09:37 PM   #7
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The news is just breaking on the quake.
Damage looks substantial. Power is out to 15,000 residents in the Napa Valley area. Hopefully no loss of life.
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Old 25 August 2014, 12:14 AM   #8
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I felt it in Berkeley.
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Old 25 August 2014, 12:56 AM   #9
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A friend in Concord felt it, but said it wasn't bad out there - no damage at his place.
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Old 25 August 2014, 01:00 AM   #10
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Bah humbug, it woke me out of my beauty sleep!
No damage in my area, east SF Bay Area
The quake was centered below Napa, damage & fires there
It wasn't a quick shake, more like a long swaying one
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Old 25 August 2014, 01:33 AM   #11
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It was even in the Belgian newspapers

http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/9757/Aa...lifornie.dhtml

Hope you all are ok ?

Bob did my beers survived ?
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Old 25 August 2014, 01:36 AM   #12
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My sister lives in the city. She said that it felt quite strong, but everything is ok (for her, at least).

I'm watching the news right now and there seems to be a lot of damage to buildings, but hopefully that's the worst of it.
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Old 25 August 2014, 01:38 AM   #13
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On news here, hope everyone is ok
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Old 25 August 2014, 01:39 AM   #14
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I'm in SJ and was awaken when the bed started shaking. I just moved here from MI less than 2yrs ago and this is the first quake I really felt. Hopefully no more severe after shocks.
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Old 25 August 2014, 05:24 AM   #15
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Definitely felt it here up in the East Bay hills. It felt like a vehicle struck my house and my dogs were going crazy. Fortunately no damage here. It sounds like most of the damage was isolated in Napa.
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Old 25 August 2014, 10:05 AM   #16
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Sure did. It woke us all up. Place was shaking quite a bit... but more like very intense vibrating, high frequency. Weirdest quake I've ever felt. I knew almost immediately, it was a distant quake, but wasn't sure of magnitude. Was surprised this morning of the damage it inflicted in Napa. Crazy...
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Old 25 August 2014, 10:08 AM   #17
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Bah humbug, it woke me out of my beauty sleep!
No damage in my area, east SF Bay Area
The quake was centered below Napa, damage & fires there
It wasn't a quick shake, more like a long swaying one
So weird you got swaying when we got this crazy vibrating like we were on a coal shifter... Could hear every piece of glass in the house ringing like an old rotary phone.
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Old 25 August 2014, 11:22 AM   #18
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Wow I can't imagine what it's like to wake up to that. I hope everyone is okay
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Old 25 August 2014, 02:22 PM   #19
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My German Shepherd woke me 15 seconds before it started. Kind of a rolling and shaking feeling for about 20 seconds. No damage in my part of the East Bay.
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Old 25 August 2014, 02:23 PM   #20
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My German Shepherd woke me 15 seconds before it started. Kind of a rolling and shaking feeling for about 20 seconds. No damage in my part of the East Bay.
Think its mostly Napa.
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Old 25 August 2014, 03:43 PM   #21
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So weird you got swaying when we got this crazy vibrating like we were on a coal shifter... Could hear every piece of glass in the house ringing like an old rotary phone.
Same happened to me and im on the 40th floor
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Old 25 August 2014, 04:16 PM   #22
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Same happened to me and im on the 40th floor
I would hate to be in your position because I live on the 2nd floor and it was pretty crazy.
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Old 25 August 2014, 04:47 PM   #23
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Time to get out before the BIG one hits!
6.1 is big for my standards..
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Old 26 August 2014, 08:56 AM   #24
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i am on 12th floor in SoMA area and the shaking was pretty substantial. luckily nothing fell and broke.
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Old 26 August 2014, 10:41 AM   #25
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Felt it in the east bay, enough to wake me up. When it happened, I thought, well either that was a local 3.0, a 6.0 in San Francisco or LA is a smoking hole in the ground. Glad there wasn't a lot of damage.
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Old 26 August 2014, 11:53 AM   #26
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Same happened to me and im on the 40th floor
That's crazy, Danny!
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