It was here and then it was gon.
You probably heard it,
saw it, or even felt today's
5.5 magnitude earthquake.
It happened near Lake
Almanor in Plumas County.
Our Alicia Machado was downtownt
minutes after the quake was ove.
She spoke to people in Sacramento and
Plumas County about all that shaking.
Alicia, what are you hearing tonight?
Well, Chris, Laura, you said it.
The big question around town today was,
did you feel it?
And half the folks I spoke withy
they did indeed feel a rumble beneath
them right here in Sacramento,
and the other half say they didn't even
notice that an earthquake happe.
The epicenter is about a three hour drive
in north of Sacramento in Plumus County,
and folks who were there
felt a much different sight.
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook
Northern California Thursday afternoon,
the quake rattling cars and
trees around the epicenter in
Plumas County near Lake Almanor,
more than 100 miles away.
Locals felt rumbling in Sacrame.
I felt it. It was about 5 to 7 seconds and I
looked at the door and the door was moving,
so I know it wasn't just me.
Viewers shared video of light
fixtures shaking in Land Park.
Even a crew setting up for a cot
in downtown noticed the quake.
I was working on a light and
the metal door that you can
roll up and down started kind of
vibrating like a almost a rhyth.
I'd never been through an earthquake.
This is my first.
Some folks in Sacramento
didn't feel the earthquake,
though there was an earthquake.
I had no idea.
But about a three hour drive aw,
Plumas Pines Resort dealing
with the aftermath,
the resort and restaurant locatd
right along Lake Almanor.
It felt like
my feet gave way underneath me,
like the deck just collapsed twice and
then it everything was just sha.
Customers were fleeing onto the lawn.
It just hit fast and the lights
went out and everything was shag
and glass was flying everywhere,
leaving this behind. A lot of broken glass,
a lot of broken dishes, a lot
of broken liquor from upstairs,
front of house manager Stephanie
Hughes says Thankfully,
they haven't seen any structural
damage to their building. Dr.
Angie Lux, project scientist
with Earthquake Early Warning
and Berkeley Seismology Lab,
tells us this was a moderate earthquake
that happened at a more shallow depth.
This particular one happened really was
very close to the surface of the Earth.
And so that just meant that I f.
Some some of the shaking may have been a
little bit stronger for people who are
near near to that earthquake at the center
now. Dr. Lux says that this
is just a reminder that we
live in earthquake country.
As for Plumas Pines resort
near the epicenter there,
they are hoping to come back
tomorrow morning and clean
up more of that damage.
In order to open
my afternoon, Chris,
Laura, My goodness, so happy tor
that no one was hurt with all of this.
Our Alicia Machado live in Sacramento
County for us tonight. Alicia. Thank you.
Meteorologist Carly Gomez has bn
tracking this since it happened.
And Carly, we know there's now n
at least 24 different aftershoc.
What else do people need to know tonight?
Yeah, and you know most of
the aftershocks that happen
have been tending to be
anywhere from 2.4 to 3.0.
But doesn't mean we don't earn .
Won't necessarily see bigger aftershocks.
In fact, we've actually seen the biggest
aftershock happen within the last hour or so,
as we did get that at a 3.8 magnitude in
the epicenter right there in the middle.
Otherwise we haven't.
Seeing a lot more of the bigger
ones coming after initially,
right after is usually when
you see still some big ones.
But we were only getting two
point fours to maybe 3 point O'.
Now we've even seen one at 3.8,
but yes, 24 aftershocks and after the
initial one we saw about 7:00 to 8:00.
Now we're starting to see them
pick up once again.
I want to talk about the earthquake effects.
When we talk about a 5.5 magnitude quake,
yes, it is a moderate earthquake
creating slight damage.
So you saw there at the Pines,
their resort, they are looking.
A lot of damage in terms of internally,
where the dishes are falling,
the bottles, all that,
but luckily no structural
damage to the building,
otherwise we'd be seeing that
in the 6.0 category there.
So for us,
feeling that Quake was probably
very minor for most people,
the blinds kind of shifting here
and there and that occasional
little jolt you probably felt.