Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rocks California with shakes felt in San Francisco

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rocks California

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake rocks California (Picture: USGS/GettyImagea)

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake jolted Northern California in a single day on Thursday and Friday morning, with shakes felt by residents within the San Francisco bay space. 

In line with the , the earthquake occurred at 4:19 pm native time. The quake's heart was about 2.5 miles southwest of the neighborhood of East Shore, which sits about 245 miles north of San Francisco.

A short jolt was felt within the San Francisco Bay Space however there are not any instant stories of injury, the USGS reported.

The California Freeway Patrol in Yuba-Sutter stated the earthquake triggered a disruption on the company’s Chico dispatch heart and 911 traces have been down. The company suggested individuals within the area to name an emergency quantity as they work to repair the difficulty.

Many bottles fell and crashed on the floor of a liquor store

Harm: Many bottles fell and crashed on the ground of a liquor retailer (Picture: CBS13)

In a single day, companies shut down after the quake triggered injury to property.

Staff on the higher flooring of downtown high-rises in Sacremento felt it most, with swaying lights inflicting disturbance in a metropolis unused to shaking.

Peninsula Market, a liquor retailer situated on the shores of Lake Almanor close to the epicentre of the quake, had many bottles fall and crash on the ground.

There have been no stories of structural injury or stories of accidents.

Residents close to the epicentre shared their experiences on Twitter, with one person reporting the quake "woke him up through the night time".

Nevertheless, most barely registered the earthquake, with Consumer Roy_Cravey tweeting: "I didn’t really feel something. I reside close to there" and one other including "Felt nothing….. 5.7 is barely something".

A median of 5 earthquakes with magnitudes between 5.0 and 6.0 happen per 12 months in California and Nevada, in keeping with a latest three-year information pattern.

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