California earthquakes: USGS explains what to do when receiving an early warning notification from ShakeAlert

SANTA ROSA, CA (KGO) – Some Santa Rosa business and homeowners are cleaning up, while others need repairs after a 4.4-magnitude earthquake centered near Santa Rosa at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night.

It is the strongest earthquake in the Gulf region in three years.

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The earthquake has already caused some damage to the Campus and Liquor Market on Mendocino Street.

Store owner Reshma Charania said the earthquake in Santa Rosa sent bottles flying off her shelves. This included a bottle of liquor on the top shelf worth $1,600.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my life here,” Charania said. “This is the first time this has happened here.”

Scientists say Tuesday’s earthquake – and the 3.9 earthquake that followed one minute later – is a wake-up call for us to train or prepare for the big earthquake in the future.

They offer these three important tips:

Make sure you know how to stop, drop and continue. Have your disaster kit ready to go. Download the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System app.

Video: Here’s what to pack in your earthquake emergency kit

It’s a tool available to everyone in California, Oregon, and Washington that warns you of an earthquake.

The warning you get depends on a number of factors, including how far away you are from the epicenter.

Robert de Groot, a USGS scientist, is also the ShakeAlert Coordinator.

“Some people received 10 seconds of warning before the vibrations reached their location,” de Groot said. “Some reported having no seconds at all – the vibration arrived as soon as the alarm arrived.”

Lucem Angevin received the alert on her phone. She says it’s a good thing.

“The alert helped me process and record what was happening,” Angevin said.

We asked the authorities what people are supposed to do with the information – that the earthquake might only be 5 or 10 seconds away. They say a warning gives people time to take action.

“…to help complement what they’re already doing, which is drop, cover and stick,” de Groot said.

Authorities say the Santa Rosa earthquake and alert system are important lessons.

“We have 50 earthquakes a day in California,” de Groot said. “We live in an earthquake country. I don’t think there’s an earthquake happening. It’s just when it happens.”

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