At around 3 pm on July 8, local time, earthquakes occurred in many parts of California. The picture shows the Golden Gate Bridge in California (photo source: PIXABAY)
[LookatChinaJuly92021News]United StatesOn July 8th (Thursday), Western time at 3 o’clock in the afternoon,CaliforniaOccurred one after another on the border with Nevadaearthquake, Many places in the San Francisco Bay Area felt earthquakes. No casualties have been reported. The Emergency Services Department of the California Governor’s Office said on Twitter that it is “actively monitoring” the earthquake. “Although there is no preliminary news of damage or injury, the situation is developing rapidly. More detailed information will be available in the next few hours.” .
According to US media reports, the first earthquake occurred at 3:49 pm, and a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in Smith Valley, Nevada. Subsequently, California suffered about 10 earthquakes, ranging in magnitude from 4.2 to 2.6. These earthquakes occurred in Tuolumne County, Mono County, and Alpine County.
Xiaofang, a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, said that although her home is on the first floor, she felt the chair shaking. She looked up and saw that the chandelier on the ceiling was also shaking, and this state lasted for a few seconds.
The Emergency Services Department of the California Governor’s Office said on Twitter that it is “actively monitoring” the earthquake. “Although there is no preliminary news of damage or injury, the situation is developing rapidly. More detailed information will be available in the next few hours.” .
Last month, on the night of June 28, a 3.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in California, which impacted the San Francisco Bay Area. According to a report from the US Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at around 6:40 pm local time. It was originally rated as 4.2, but was downgraded to 4.0 and then 3.9.
At the time, KCBS radio reporter Holly Quan (Holly Quan) said after feeling the earthquake in Oakland: “It’s enough to make you restless, think twice.”
Quan’s colleague Matt Bigler also felt the earthquake in San Leandro. He said: “We all felt a very strong shock. I was washing the dishes and suddenly the kitchen was shaking back and forth. It was a feeling of rolling from one side of the house to the other.”
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