An 6.0 magnitude earthquake centered in northern California’s Napa and Sonoma counties struck in the middle of the night, disrupting power and causing damage to buildings. There were no immediate reports of deaths.
The quake’s epicenter was 4 miles (6 kilometers) northwest of American Canyon, California, and 51 miles southwest of Sacramento. It was reported at 3:20 a.m. local time, and its depth was 6.7 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said in a statement on its website.
The USGS said there was a “low likelihood” of casualties and put out an orange alert for economic losses, which means “significant damage” is likely and the disaster may be widespread.
Cities closest to the quake that likely were affected include Napa, with a population of 77,000, and Vallejo with 116,000 residents, USGS said. Sacramento has a population of 466,000.
The California Highway Patrol in San Francisco said it didn’t have any immediate reports of damage to roads in South Bay, the Peninsula and East Bay, according to a Twitter post.
The CHP has closed the westbound off-ramp to Sonoma Boulevard and westbound Interstate 80 to State Route 37 because of roadway damage, the agency said in a Twitter post.
To contact the reporter on this story: Dan Hart in Washington at dahart@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Andrea Snyder at asnyder5@bloomberg.net Sylvia Wier
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