Dramatic Photos From The Earthquake In Northern California

Bricks and fallen rubble cover a car with the old courthouse in the background following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Napa, Calif. A large earthquake rolled through California's northern Bay Area early Sun... Bricks and fallen rubble cover a car with the old courthouse in the background following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Napa, Calif. A large earthquake rolled through California's northern Bay Area early Sunday, damaging some buildings, igniting fires, knocking out power to tens of thousands and sending residents running out of their homes in the darkness. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) MORE LESS
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Early Sunday morning an earthquake hit California’s northern San Francisco bay area.

The earthquake, which hit roughly 10 miles northwest of American Canyon which is near Napa, had an estimated magnitude of 6.0, making it the largest earthquake since one in 1989 that registered at 6.9.

See the photos of the damage from the earthquake below:


Gurbeer Singh cleans up merchandise that fell during the earthquake (AP Photo/Ben Margot)


(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)


(AP Photo/Ellen Knickmeyer)

This post was updated.

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