Map: More earthquakes in recent seismic hot spot near California line Within three weeks after the South Napa Quake, the City of Vallejo yellow-tagged for partial use 404 structures, red-tagged for non-use 34 structures, and provided 2,049 earthquake-related inspections, according to a Sept. 22, 2014 Earthquake Status Update. But it’s also bringing an uptick in COVID-19 cases. First death reported from Napa earthquake Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) The geyser is powered by geothermal forces below the surface and is said to be a reliable earthquake predictor. Rong-Gong Lin II is a metro reporter based in San Francisco who specializes in covering statewide earthquake safety issues and the COVID-19 pandemic. Some 25 miles away, Vallejo didn’t escape damage — mostly crumbling chimneys, especially on the commandants’ houses on Mare Island. ‘It’s irresponsible’. Her death is the first to be blamed on the Aug. 24 earthquake. Napa’s a pretty resilient community. It’s heartening to see such resilience. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images), NAPA, CA - AUGUST 24: Workers clean up piles of bottles that were thrown from the shelves at Van's Liquors following a reported 6.0 earthquake on August 24, 2014 in Napa, California. A 6.0 earthquake rocked the San Francisco Bay Area shortly after 3:00 am on Sunday morning causing damage to buildings and sending at least 70 people to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Laurie Thompson is the first death associated with Napa's 6.0 earthquake. Laurie Anne Thompson, 65, died of a brain injury suffered during the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in Napa Valley last month. Los Angeles officials approved a $700,000 payout to a police lieutenant after city attorneys determined his supervisors wrongly demoted him after he reported alleged misconduct in his unit, records show. A pair of earthquake fault lines previously believed to be of little seismic threat to Southern California have been re-evaluated by scientists, who on Tuesday said the pair actually are a single fault that is capable of even more damage than previously believed. I wouldn’t wish any of these natural disasters on anybody.”. Youth sports, mall singing, parties alarm Ventura County health officials. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg), NAPA, CA - AUGUST 24: A worker looks at a pile of wine bottles that were thrown from the shelves at Van's Liquors following a reported 6.0 earthquake on August 24, 2014 in Napa, California. Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony at City Hall for Sedgley and incoming Councilmembers Beth Painter and Bernie Narvaez will mark the end of Techel’s 24 … The vice mayor said the city has recovered “98 percent” with but a few buildings left with obvious quake damage, including the now-former post office built in the 1940s. 2.4 magnitude earthquake 2020-12-04 10:55:59 UTC at 10:55 December 04, 2020 UTC Location: Epicenter at 38.815, -122.812 7.2 km from Cobb (4.2 miles) “We are so grateful for the church members who had the foresight to take on the retrofit project that saved our church 20 years later,” Marks said. The Latest News and Updates in earthquake brought to you by the team at FOX40: (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), An earthquake damaged home sits on officers row on Mare Island, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Vallejo, Calif. A 65-year-old Napa grandmother has died after she was struck in the head by a television during last month’s magnitude 6.0 earthquake, which produced the worst shaking to be recorded in region’s modern history. McManus: Trump has changed tactics in his election fight. Johnson said her mother often took care of others before herself. breaking top story. Thompson’s daughter said the family was devastated. Laurie Anne Thompson died Friday morning after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage, or bleeding in the brain, the Napa County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday. Sedgley said the “command structure” assistance center — a “one-stop shop” — used after the quake proved valuable when the 2017 wild fires hit. She was set to live her life.”. “We were closed for safety and inspections, and not sure what the outcome would be. A 65-year-old woman who was struck by a falling television has become the first known fatality from the 6.0-magnitude earthquake in southern Napa County last … Marks said an extensive “and expensive” retrofit in the early 1990s paid off. The magnitude 6.0 South Napa Earthquake of August 24, 2014, took the lives of two people, injured 300 others, and caused moderate to severe damage to more than 2,000 structures. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg), City workers at right map out the installation of fencing around earthquake damaged buildings Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Napa, Calif. Tourism is quickly recovering in Mexico, as Americans flock south for an easy escape. Related Articles Gathering his senses, he checked on his daughter’s home and his son’s. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg). Quake was death knell for Firefighters Museum | Local News | napavalleyregister.com Thanks for reading. The historic blue-collar town of Vallejo is a short distance but a far cry from the touristy Napa Valley's vineyards and quaint towns, but when Sunday's big earthquake struck, it was not spared. Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, San Mateo County is the only county in the Bay Area to not adhere to a voluntary stay-at-home order. The South Napa earthquake along the San Andreas Fault reached 6.0, caused roughly $1 billion in damage, injured 200, killed one and jolted plenty of nerves. Later that morning, Thompson told her daughter she was fine besides a dull headache, for which she had taken aspirin. In Ventura County, intensive care unit capacity has dropped to 1% and COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to set records, health officials say. A look back at 6.0 earthquake that hit Napa…, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), A look back at 6.0 earthquake that hit Napa five years ago, Map: Pair of earthquakes rattle Morgan Hill, Map: More earthquakes in recent seismic hot spot near California line, Study: Monterey County earthquakes tied to oil operations, Earthquake: Magnitude 4.4 quake recorded near Ukiah, Map: 5.1 earthquake near Mono Lake followed by flurry of aftershocks. While the shaking resulted in more than 100 buildings being red-tagged, meaning they are too dangerous to be entered, experts say people are much more likely to be injured by falling or flying objects -- such as televisions, lamps, glasses and bookcases -- than die in a collapsed building. In the winter months, when activity is more frequent, the geyser erupts every five to fifteen minutes. Thompson was knocked unconscious, and awoke on the floor with a black eye, the television next to her. There will be those who don’t have a voice … like many senior citizens or people who don’t have a family network, and that’s something that was important to me then and continues to be important to me.”, Napa Vice Mayor Scott Sedgley said it’s city officials’ duties to assure the public that “if there’s a fire, people are on the scene quickly and if there are injuries, we’re addressing the injured.”. She had just moved back to Napa 3 1/2 months ago for an active life as a grandmother. To date, FEMA has reimbursed the city $1.78 million, or roughly 24 percent of the total. 0:21. Updated at 1:20 p.m. At least 87 people were injured early Sunday morning after the largest earthquake to hit California’s Napa Valley in 25 years struck near the Bay Area. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! They had way more damage than I did.”, Older homes “got knocked off their foundations, a lot of chimneys crumbling, a lot of homes red-tagged unsafe,” Dodd said. Doctors discovered she had suffered a massive subdural hematoma – in which bleeding fills the brain. Share Shares Copy Link Copy {copyShortcut} to copy Link copied! ‘I’ve seen people die.’ COVID-19 slams Central Valley hospitals, as many resist lockdowns. For more earthquake safety news, follow me on Twitter: @ronlin. San Mateo County pleads with outsiders to stop visiting to shop and dine. Public health officials are anxiously tracking the capacity of intensive care units as coronavirus case numbers surge. People were walking the streets in their night clothes,” Sedgley said Friday afternoon by phone. Death toll reaches 38 in earthquake that hit Turkey, Greek island. It was the latest blow to a town that has weathered years of bankruptcy and is now beset by gangs and crime. Two days after a 6.0 … The last major earthquake in the Bay Area was the Loma Prieta earthquake — a magnitude 6.9 quake that struck on Oct. 17, 1989, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. “She had just come to Napa. The anniversary is also an opportunity to remind everyone to prepare for the next earthquake.”, Dodd was in his Napa home at 3:20 a.m. when the ground shook violently. Dodd said he joined other community leaders in dispelling the notion perpetuated by national news that “Napa is closed for business” after the 6.0 quake. That’s very important.”. Why is that metric important? The television was not strapped to the stand or a wall. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group), Jeanette Pierce fills up containers of water at an emergency fill station in downtown Napa, Calif., on Monday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2014, one day after the South Napa earthquake struck the Bay Area. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group), A crane lowers pieces from a collapsed elevator shaft outside an earthquake damaged former department store Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Vallejo, Calif. And then she wasn’t fine.”. Captain, said he “screamed like a girl that it’s the big one” when the 6.0 hit. The corner of an office building on Brown St. and Second St. in downtown, hangs precariously over the intersection following a large earthquake in Napa, Calif., on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. In the 1994 Northridge earthquake, for instance, a 28-year-old man died after he was struck by a microwave oven when his mobile home collapsed. (Gary Reyes/Bay Area News Group), Seven-year-old Joey Bell helps clean out her mother's earthquake damaged hair salon as Stephanie Killingsworth, right, looks on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, in Napa, Calif. The Long Beach school district pushed back its plan for starting in-person instruction in January to March, citing the rise in COVID-19 cases. Map: 5.1 earthquake near Mono Lake followed by flurry of aftershocks It is Trump’s challenge to vote counts has become a brazen demand to award him the election — and strengthen his control of the Republican Party. It was the latest blow to a town that has weathered years of bankruptcy and is now beset by gangs and crime. The magnitude-6.0 quake struck early Sunday near the city of Napa. “The last thing she remembers is her TV flying at her,” said Thompson’s daughter, Shannon Johnson. COVID-19 wave battering suburban counties, Supreme Court rejects Trump’s last-chance lawsuit to undo Biden victory, Your questions about COVID-19 vaccines answered. Some years, we get lucky and the death toll is minimal, but other years it�s in the tens of thousands, if not higher. President Obama, pictured, declared an emergency in California allowing federal aid to be sent to the Napa County area which suffered $400 million of damage after the August 24 earthquake. She would put confetti in cards for people to throw out. The city of Napa has spent or approved $7.39 million toward earthquake-related work and services. “One thing we learned from this type of earthquake … the damage above ground is obvious. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group), Structural engineers Andy Thompson and Ibbi Almufti do a general assessment of the Vintner's Collective building, Monday morning Aug. 25, 2014, one day after the South Napa earthquake struck the Bay Area. Earthquake news and alerts. She gave her nephew an alarm clock with her voice screaming, ‘Wake up!’ She was the goofy one, she was a great mom, and she was super funny.”. The largest earthquake to hit the San Francisco Bay area in 25 years has claimed its first death, about two weeks after the tremor. When the South Napa quake hit, “we were very fortunate” only the bell tower suffered damage, Marks said. Experts recommend fastening big appliances like televisions and microwaves to walls using Velcro fasteners that can be purchased at hardware stores. The ground-shaking during the earthquake was the highest level recorded in modern times for downtown Napa. It was only later that her daughter found out that Thompson had sent a text message to another friend complaining of a “horrible” headache. He is helped by his sons Stefan and Jules. It was worse than the shaking felt during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and the 2000 Napa Valley earthquake. Pierce has been without water since the quake hit and she does not expect it back soon as she lives on a block with only two houses. After the surgery, there was some hope -- she could squeeze hands and make eye contact -- but she died at Queen of the Valley Hospital on Friday morning, the Napa sheriff-coroner’s office said. The building that housed the salon was declared unsafe and red tagged. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! The earthquake that jolted California's wine capital may have caused at least $1 billion in property damage, but it also added impetus to the state's effort to develop an early warning system that might offer a few precious seconds for residents to duck under desks, trains to slow down and utility lines to be powered down before the seismic waves reach them. She went to shower before heading to the hospital, but then collapsed and had a seizure, Johnson said. The bayside city that twice was briefly the capital of California sustained more than $5 million in damage and dozens of injuries. Laurie Anne Thompson died Friday morning after suffering an intracranial hemorrhage, or bleeding in the brain, the Napa County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday. It is the first quake fatality in California since the San Simeon earthquake in 2003. “That was a big learning experience,” Sedgley said. The earthquake that jolted California's wine capital may have caused at least $1 billion in property damage, but it also added impetus to the state's effort to develop an early warning system that might offer a few precious seconds for residents to duck under desks, trains to slow down and utility lines to be powered down before the seismic waves reach them. Shaana 14,561 views. Laurie told her daughter, when the quake hit she was awake, sitting in a chair watching TV. Eyewitness accounts are pouring in from those who felt the magnitude of Sunday's South Napa Earthquake firsthand. They just need to,” Johnson said. State Sen. Bill Dodd issued a statement acknowledging the quake’s fifth anniversary a few days after a phone interview remembering his reaction and response as a then-Napa supervisor. The 7.1 and 6.4 Ridgecrest earthquakes in July — and the 5.0 in the same area Thursday — may be an almost ongoing wake-up call to Kern County residents, but unless Napa and to a lesser extent Vallejo residents hit the snooze button, their shake-up was Aug. 24, 2014. “It’s a shining example of a community coming together and bouncing back. The creeping movement of the ground in California's Napa Valley, following its August earthquake, has been observed from space. “And that’s what makes me the most sad,” she said. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg), Ray Particelli, owner of Napa Valley Olive Oil in Napa, Calif., mops up imported Italian balsamic vinegar that spilled during the South Nappa earthquake Sunday morning, Aug. 24, 2014. “There will almost certainly be broken glass, and internal furnishings -- items such as paintings, pictures, books, vases and dishes -- tend to fly about,” Parrish said. 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