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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Mayor Ed Lee: No Damage in San Francisco After 6.1 Earthquake Hits Napa

Posted By on Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:26 AM

Despite the way it might have felt to you, no damage was reported in San Francisco after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit the North Bay early this morning. 

Sometime just before 3:30 a.m. when even the night owls were fast asleep, the world as we know it erupted into a shaking fit, tossing dishes, firing off car alarms, knocking out power lines, and ruining buildings up in Napa. Some 70 people were injured in . No deaths have been reported as of now. 

But locally, the damage was tame: San Francisco police confirmed this morning that all stations were left unscathed and, as far as they know, buildings remained in tact. 

Mayor Ed Lee released the following statement in the aftermath:

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