Northern California rocked by magnitude 6.0 earth quake

I am very sorry to inform all you readers out there, that a magnitude of 6.0 earthquakes has hit Northern California near Napa Valley on Sunday. At least 172 people have been injured in earthquake today and this earthquake has caused extensive damage including fires, sparked by burst gas lines.

This is the largest tremor to rock the Bay area since the magnitude of 6.9 Loma quake in 1989. According to Leslie Gordon of the US Geological Survey the tremor has truck just before 3:30 AM on Sunday about 10 miles of American Canyon which is about 6 miles southwest of Napa.

172 patients who were injured in earthquake California were admitted to queen of the valley medical center in Napa and many were admitted to the hospital with broken bones along with respiratory and cardiac condition. Those with less severe injuries were treated and released by the hospital.

Only one patient remains in the hospital in critical condition while another, a 13-year-old boy, was airlifted to another trauma center in critical condition after pieces of the fireplace at his home collapsed onto him, Mickens said. The boy is now listed in serious condition.

The most common injuries were from household items falling off of walls or shelves onto people or from those who stepped on debris in their homes, he said.

Aftershocks were expected to continue in Napa earthquake for several weeks, though State Geologist John Parrish said they would decrease in magnitude and it was unlikely that there would be a large follow-up earthquake. Still, he warned people to be careful because buildings that were damaged by the quake were now more susceptible to collapse from aftershocks.