STRING OF EARTHQUAKES update S.S.
A STRING OF EARTHQUAKES HAS ROCKED THE CENTRAL COAST, BEGINNING WITH A MAGNITUDE 6.0 EVENT AT 10:15 THIS MORNING. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 30 AFTERSHOCKS SINCE THAT TIME, WITH AT LEAST 5 OF THEM REGISTERING BETWEEN 4.1, AND THE ORIGINAL 6.0. MOST OF THE REST HAVE ALL MEASURED BELOW 3.0 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. ALL OF THESE SEISMOLOGICAL EVENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITHIN 12 MILES OF PARKFIELD CALIFORNIA, IN SOUTH MONTEREY COUNTY.
SOME DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AT BOTH THE C.D.F. STATION IN PARKFIELD, AND BRIDGE 438 ON CHOLAME ROAD (BETWEEN HIGHWAY 46 AND PARKFIELD). LARGE VEHICLES ARE RESTRICTED FROM USING THAT BRIDGE.
THE POWER WENT OUT IN PARKFIELD, DUE TO A BLOWN TRANSFORMER. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN THE SALINAS VALLEY CITIES OF KING, GREENFIELD, SOLEDAD, GONZALES, AND SALINAS.
SOME DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AT BOTH THE C.D.F. STATION IN PARKFIELD, AND BRIDGE 438 ON CHOLAME ROAD (BETWEEN HIGHWAY 46 AND PARKFIELD). LARGE VEHICLES ARE RESTRICTED FROM USING THAT BRIDGE.
THE POWER WENT OUT IN PARKFIELD, DUE TO A BLOWN TRANSFORMER. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN THE SALINAS VALLEY CITIES OF KING, GREENFIELD, SOLEDAD, GONZALES, AND SALINAS.
