Live nearby. Again, they describe this as a very violent earthquake. I talked to a woman who lives not too far from here and she said she had some significant damage at her home, chimney damage, damage inside the house. We are going to head over there next and well show you what that looks like later on. Reporting live from American Canyon, im jodi hernandez, back to you. Jodi there at the epicenter in American Canyon, good morning, if youre just waking up, raj mathai and laura garciacannon. A 6. 0 earthquake centered in the napa valley. They are calling it the south napa earthquake. And significant damage is in downtown. A lot of Historic Buildings. We have crews around. Heres some of the takeaways right now. 70 injuries at the queen of the Valley Hospital in napa. No fatalities reported. Two major injuries and plenty of minor injuries. That is a very good and. Laugh things happening, as they usually are this time of year in napa, and it would have been significant in temz of injuries had this happened during Business Hours. Even at that courthouse, at the historic courthouse. Its a working courthouse. A functioning, working courthouse. You would have had dozens of people in there at least, and all the wine bars and restaurants in that area. The difference here, a big difference here is that if you remember back in 1989, it was more of a rolling earthquake, and now from all accounts, everyone is saying this has a couple of jolts, and can you really hear it. Heres wufrt big issues we could talk about now. If are you just watching the coverage or in the coverage in napa area, the probability of a magnitude 5. 0 or greater in the next five days is 50 . Were probably not done here. Magnitude 5. 0 or greater in the next five days is 50 , and thats coming from the usgf based. Weve had at least three dozen yaf shocks as well. The strongest being a 3. 6 aftershock. As people are going out and about assessing damage, they all need to be on guard because we could have some major aftershocks continue. As you mentioned in the next, you know, five to seven days. As it extends on, then the chances decrease. No doubt, this will be certainly a wakeup call. We always know that we are in earthquake country. We have people talking to the usgf as we gather information. One of the big things is after an earthquake, the family is okay. Then. They wanted to know its a perfect segue because there are going to be more yaf shocks likely expecting them. I went and checked out the california seismic safety committees checklist on the state website to find out specifically what the state of california says you should do. This is a pg e checklist. Of course, make sure everybody is safe. Inspect buildings for damage. Evacuate if you smell gas, and check for damaged power lines. Heres what i gleened from the state additionally, though. First of all, if your house is damaged, do not go back inside of it because what could happen if its unsturdy is theres another aftershock, and the house could be affected, compromised. If you are inside of it, that could spell real trouble. Heres something i definitely did not know that you are going to want to keep in mind. Leave the gas on at the main valve at your house. Unless you think that youre smelling gas or that its leaking, but if its not doing those two things, leave it on because what we found out here was that months later weeks or months later, if it turns out that everything is restored, and you try to nonprofessionally turn that gas valve back on, then you can have explosions or real safety hazards. Just leave everything asis unless you smell something thats not right. Put on a long pants and long sleeves because of the fact that youre going to have a lot of the damaged objects around you. Possibly more aftershocks. You want to make sure youre protect from bruises and the leak. Do not call emergency phone numbers unless its a lifethreatening situation. That is because in these sorts of circumstances theres obviously lots of calls to the police, to 911, to health services, and you dont want to overwhelm the phone lines. Only do that if it is an emergency. Expect aftershocks. Obviously we know about this. One more i think that wasnt top of mind for me, but should be something to keep in mind, check your chimney. If theres cracks or anything wrong with that chimney because if theres something wrong with it and it goes like that for months and years if and youre not aware of it, that could cause a fire. Check the chem any. Leave the house if theres anything wrong with the sturdyness or general structure of it, and leave the main gas valve on unless you smell something that is not right or that its leaking. Keep those things in mind. Ill have more for you throughout the course of the morning. Back to you guys. Excellent information there. Thank you very much. We do want to tell people, there are Evacuation Centers that are open right now. Fwras church is one of them. You see it on salano avenue not far from redwood road and the highway there. Napa high school as well on jefferson street. Tlooers patients treated there. Weve only heard of two major injuries reported. The fire sprouted up as well as nearby Mobile Home Park. We dont know inform injuries from that site as well. Firefighters quickly rushing to the scene putting that one out. They are also assessing now damage from all of these areas. There was a significant fire. Well get that video for you in just a moment. There was a significant major fire at this Mobile Home Park. There are also several smaller fires in this area in napa and the surrounding area. Lets bring in nbcs Terry Mcsweeney who is here with us. What do you have from there, and whats really happening in exactly where you are . Well, what happened is the Emergency Services operation is actually located in downtown napa, and because the damage to that building, the Operation Center has moved out here to the sheriffs department, and joining me now is the chairman of the board of supervisors for napa county. This is mark luce. First of all, could you tell me what stands out in your mind as far as what we know right now about this earthquake and the aftermath . Its really good news that we had no fatalities. Were fortunate that it occurred when it did. Obviously, we have a lot of physical damage, and that could have been more disastrous. It happened during working hours. Were busy assessing exactly what that damage is, but thankfully no fatalities. We do have a number of lacerations and those types of injuries. What can you tell us about how prepared downtown napa was . There seems to be bricks coming down. Some damage to the structures down there. Of course, it was a 6. 0 earthquake. Moderate to strong earthquake. How prepared were the buildings down there . You can tell the newer buildings from the older buildings as you walk downtown. Theres a new courthouse right across the street from the old courthouse, and so some of the retro fitting obviously didnt do as well as we had hoped it would. Some facades have come apart. Were going have to assess what that all means. What kind of challenges are your Emergency Response people having . I think were operating well. Everyone has reported, and were out assessing what the damage is around the county, and coordinating with pg e and others to make sure were Getting Services up and going as soon as we can. You did have a word of a request for the people of the town of napa. Yes. well, we work closely with the city of napa. And youre asking people to maybe stay away . Yes. We would appreciate if citizens stayed in their homes if they could and stayed out of the way of Emergency Responders as we try to get to the area that we have to get to to do our work. All right. Chairman of the board of supervisors for napa county, mark luce, thank you for taking a moment to talk to us, but send it back to the studio. Thank you very much. Its nice to see so many Civic Leaders that are out kind of helping to assess the situation and provide information as well. Thanks so much, terry. These are pictures that were just getting in right now. This is the Napa Post Office. As you see, there are so many Historic Buildings in the area. It is crumbled to the bottom there. This is the damage that weve seen from the exterior. We dont know the exat the particular time, but look through the windows. You can see that there are bricks inside of there as well. Were going see the closure of a lot of buildings as not only the damage is assessed, but most likely these are historic. Many have not have been retro fitted in recent years. Some of which have, we understand, but look at the cracks to the center right of your screen there. I mean, that building, no doubt, structurally very, very damaged. And had this happened during Business Hours for any of these buildings, it would have been a lot worse in terms of the injuries. The Napa Post Office is what you are looking at reason. Nearby the napa courthouse, built in the 1870s. That was empty, obviously, at 3 20 this morning, but usually its functioning and filled with people. That was retro fitted in 2004. However, its hard to retrofit something at a 6. 0 earthquake. Exactly. In terms of that damage. These are pictures that were just getting in live. Our chopper is over the scene kind of flying over, and were seeing so many reports of buildings just kind of in crumbles. The good news is that only two major injuries have been reported. The extent of those we do not know, nor how about 89 people that were treated in local hospitals so far. You heard the supervisors say the best bet is to stay near your home right now. So many people want information understandably after such a large earthquake, but well try to provide the most that we can to you here, getting these live pictures. There is the fear of so many aftershocks as well. We really need to make sure that everyone is aware of that. A 54 chance of a 5. 0 or greater in the next week. Weve already had about three dozen aftershocks. Most of us know just the dangers we have in earthquake country. We do know that. That is significant reminder of those aftershocks of the next five days. Were going to feel it. You are looking at live picture here from our nbc chopper. The most significant damage visually in terms of fires now happened just a couple of hours ago. That was a Mobile Home Park in napa and the flames were intense. Heres just some of the footage that we got from the ground and from our chopper. No injuries here, thankfully, but you can see the damage to this Mobile Home Park. Many of those homes flattened. Exactly. They burst into flames. Crews arrive quickly on the scene. That right there, they actually just let smolder to the ground. Fire crews, as you see, were safely nearby. We thought this is in the center of the Mobile Home Park. There are actually other ones that were untouched and damaged. The good news is that there wasnt a lot of wind in that area. See the smoke just rising straight into the area because there was that threat of burning embers. The good news is that they were able to keep control of this fire, but, yeah, those are completely devastated. Happening in the middle of the night, most people are, what, theyre sleeping. You know youre thankful that people were able to get out quickly enough, but now, you know, they dont have a place to live. The most significant quake weve had in 25 years since the 19 1989. You can see the little dots here of yellow. Those are where weve had the aftershocks. Even on the east bay, a little bit of activity. We have reports out in vallejo. A lot of damage out there as well, which we do have crew on the way. Were going bring you that information as soon as we get it. Strongest aftershocks so far with a 3. 6. Thats a pretty good shaker at 5 47 this morning. Were going to keep tracking these for you, and bringing that information to you as it comes into our newsroom. It is coming in so fast, though, this morning. This is all aorganized to the usgs. A 54 chance of a 5. 0 or greater in the next seven days. You want to keep that in mind. A 5. 0 or greater could do some damage. A 10 to 15 chance that this could actually be a precursor to a larger quake. Yeah, weave had 30 reports of aftershocks over the past hour or so, but in total, 43 in all. Really you want to have a plan in place. Not just for today or tomorrow, but like we said, were going to be under the gun for the next five days. Bay area, its on top of an active plate boundary, the entire bay area. You want to identify the potential hazards in your home. Maybe you have a big trophy that could easily get knocked off a high shelf. You want to bring that down. Have a family plan for kids in school if the quake hits during the day. Make sure you have your emergency numbers ready to go, that they have those emergency numbers in their phones. Also, three days worth of nonperishable supplies, water, food, and, of course, firstaid kit. We well have reports of other fires in the area. Were trying to map those out. Theres really no window. This morning that will hopefully maintain, and well keep you updated. Back to you, raj and lawyura. Thank you, christina. 6. 0 earthquake that was centered in the napa area this morning. We are feeling at least three dozen aftershocks so far. 3. 6 or greater. We continue to warn people of what is going on. We have had some road closures in the area. Some of which have already been reopened. Mike joins us right now with a look at the commute out there. Its a sunday morning, so thats the good news, mike. Yeah. Thats right. Thank goodness, as you have mentioned, that it happened at 3 20 in the morning between all the festivities in downtown with the crush going on right now in napa. We had a lot of wine festivals up there. Those were calmer roads at that time, and we had the festivities at the race track for the indy cars. Well talk about that in a second. As laura has just mentioned, there were closures that have been scattered around the napa area. 121, highway 12. In fact, lets show you video that we got from Terry Mcsweeney. We heard him interviewing some of the Council People up there. Look at this crack in the roadway. When we have an earthquake, we typically talk about maybe some structure damage thats visible. They inspect all the roads. Look at that. Theres a ten inch looks like spread there between two sections of the roadway, and thats been the case in many spots all around the north bay. Thats huge. Cars cant safely travel through that. They coned off parts of the roadway. Partial roadway and Traffic Control. We dont have any full closures reported for the north bay. Right now the off ramp for highway 37, sonoma boulevard, has reopened, but the transition to highway 29 was an issue for a time this morning, and over here 121 and highway 12, and over here another concern. This is at soda canyon road up in the area right around napa soda springs, and we have reports around silverado trail that theres an electrical wire on the side of the road thats smoke, and its a live wire. We have more issues for pg e continue to address in addition to the outage which is taking out thousands of people in the area, which, by the way, means Traffic Control wrash local signals may be out. If theres no Traffic Control there, youll treat it like a fourway stop. Well continue to follow this. Again, highway 12 is reopened after some earlier closures for 121 and highway 12. Right around the los carneros area. 116 and 121 north of the sonoma raceway. The reason i pointed that out in addition to the other Traffic Control, its because the indy continues with the event today. Foerlgs driving to the area coming off highway 116. So far out of nevada no major issues. Well continue to track that and coming out of vallejo we did have issues around sonoma boulevard. Highway 37 itself is open in both directions. Now, we continue to follow those north bay Traffic Controls which has chp inspecting systems, and also cal tran inspecting the system from San Francisco down towards the south bay. Theyre continuing, but so far no delays and no problems reported for any of that structure. Bart, sfm, the muni system, they have reported a clean slate. South bay, peninsula, and the east bay, theyre all clear as far as the structures. Thats better news. We follow to the north bay sending it back to you. Mike with us. A lot of people going into wine country waking up now realizing whats happened in napa. There is damage there. As mike mentioned, sonoma raceway, thousands still going there. No damage at the raceway. The traffic is an issue around those highways. The napa wine trade is not working today. They are not send it out. Weve seen so many people that are they travel to the wine region as well, and theyre coming out as well feeling their first earthquake here in california for the first time for them. So many people are assessing the damage now. Theyre okay, which is good news. Weve only heard reports of two major injuries. At least almost 90 350e78 that were treated at local hospitals for cuts and lacerations, what not. This is a good part of the significant damage that weve seen in downtown napa. All of those beautiful Historic Buildings that they have there now are covered with cracks, bricks crumbling as well. The structural damage on some of these buildings is going to be significant. These are some of the pictures even before the sunrise people were out there trying to gather information. Kind of assess. That is what were going to learn this morning. How much what was damaged . Weve seen homes. This is significant in downtown napa as well where the bricks just tumbled down on to cars. The injuries are minor. Specifically exactly 89 patients have been treated. One of the local hospitals as of 8 00 this morning. About 20 minutes ago at the latest it was 89 patients with minor injuries. Now, we talk about this. This is the south napa quake. Thats the name of it. Its along the west napa fault line. Usually were dealing with san andreas or the its a fault line were not as familiar with as the major ones. The we