Northern California Earthquake|Strong Earthquake at Petrolia California
February 5, 2010 at 4:59 AM Leave a comment
On Thursday,a strong earthquake(Of magnitude 6.0) is made of a big desaster in Northern California in Petrolia.
The Geological Survey reported the quake struck at 12:20 P.M. about 35 miles northwest of the community of Petrolia and nearly 50 miles west of Eureka. The shaking was felt within a 150-mile radius, as far north as southern Oregon and as far south as Sonoma County, according to the USGS Web site.
According to report,northern coast of California is the most seismically active area in the state, but the potential for damage and injuries there is smaller because it’s less populated.Everybody was very calm and just sort of waited it out.
There is no damaged and accidents happened as yet.In California,on 9th jan of 2010,there occurred a earthquake with 6.5 magnitude. Here is Video of last earthquake.
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