Tuesday 26 August 2014

8.25.204 Bellringer

There was an earthquake in Napa, California at 3:20 AM on Sunday. The earthquake was ranked a 6.00 earthquake. Around 100 houses and businesses were deemed unfit to be inside of. There was a lot of debris on the floor and in the streets of Napa that they are still working on cleaning up. School was closed for Monday so people could spend time getting their belongings in order.
The earthquake was caused by the a type of fault line activity and this particular fault was the Franklin Fault, which has been dominant for 1.6 million years.

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