Watch what an earthquake does in China vs the US
California’s Bay Area experienced its strongest earthquake in decades this week, when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Napa County. Over 100 people have been treated for injuries, but no deaths were reported. Earthquakes are much, much more deadly in other parts of the world. Earlier this month, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake killed hundreds in Southwestern China. The video above explains why.
Produced by Joss Fong and Joe Posner
Images courtesy of Getty, AFP, and China Foto Press
Read Article >Watch yesterday’s earthquake wake everybody up
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Yesterday’s early morning earthquake in Napa Valley was detected by thousands of seismometers placed throughout Northern California and beyond.
This chart, made by Jawbone, shows the percentage of people asleep in various parts of Northern California during the night. The devices can detect whether a user is asleep based on accelerometer data.
Read Article >Map: Comparing the 2014 and 1989 Bay area quakes
It was also the biggest quake in the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 that wreaked havoc in Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and Oakland. That one measured 6.9 on the magnitude scale and caused far more destruction — killing 63 people and injuring 3,757.
The 2014 Napa quake (magnitude 6.0) vs the 1989 Loma Prieta quake (magnitude 6.9)
Read Article >A 6.0 magnitude earthquake just hit the Bay Area
A building in Napa, California, damaged by the 6.0 magnitude earthquake. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)At 3:20 a.m. Pacific time on Sunday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 hit the San Francisco Bay Area.
The USGS reports that it occurred 6.7 miles below the surface, with an epicenter just south of Napa and about 30 miles northeast of San Francisco. This is the strongest earthquake felt by the region in 25 years, since the 1989 Loma Prieta quake, which had a magnitude of 6.9.
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