NAPA (KRON) — Wednesday marks the two-year anniversary of the devasting 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Napa.
The earthquake hit at 3:20 a.m. on Aug. 24, 2014, and until first light the damage it caused was unknown. It was felt widely throughout the Bay Area, and police, fire and radio stations immediately began receiving phone calls.
Within hours, businesses owners in Napa were assessing the damage to their properties. Streets were blocked off, and members of the media mingled with tourists and residents downtown.
No deaths were reported until 65-year-old Laurie Anne Thompson, 65, died on Sept. 5. She was struck by a television in her Mayfair Drive home in Napa and suffered a head injury, but she did not immediately go to a hospital until her family noticed her cognitive functions were impaired.
The earthquake was centered in American Canyon, but there was heavy damage in Napa and Vallejo.
129 buildings were red-tagged and more than a thousand other were yellow-tagged. The quake caused more than $400 million in damage.