The San Francisco Bay Area's strongest earthquake in nearly 25 years struck the heart of California's wine industry early Sunday morning, tearing up the landscape and marring a once beautiful historical district. At least 15 of the region's most famed wineries and historic buildings are no longer inhabitable. Gas lines and water mains also ruptured during the quake, leading to many gas-fed fires, flooding, and sending more than 170 people to the hospital.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck at 3:20 a.m. about three miles northwest of American Canyon. Never has the Bay Area endured such an intense earthquake since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, famous for interrupting the '89 World Series and being the first majorly covered earthquake in national television history. In total, the Loma Prieta earthquake killed 64 and injured more than 3,700.
This earthquake-damaged historic winery building dating from 1886 at Trefethen Family Vineyards leans. The winery hopes to save the building. (AP/Eric Risberg)
Bricks and debris surround the Alexandria Square building in Napa, CA. Officials in the city say 15 to 16 buildings are no longer inhabitable after the earthquake. (AP/Noah Berger)
Juan Becerra cleans up broken glass at a vacant store formely occupied by Merrill's drug store. (AP/Noah Berger)
A mailbox is all that remains of one of four mobile homes which were destroyed in a gas fire Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park, in Napa, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Photo shows damage in the aftermath of Sunday's 6.0 earthquake near Napa. (ABC7 News Reporter @LauraAnthony7)
Damage shows earthquake's impact on Napa kitchen. (Photo submitted via uReport)
Photo shows damage in the aftermath of Sunday's 6.0 earthquake near Napa. (Photo submitted via uReport)
Photo shows damage in the aftermath of Sunday's 6.0 earthquake near Napa. (KGO)
Photo shows damage in the aftermath of Sunday's 6.0 earthquake near Napa. (KGO)
Photo shows damage in the aftermath of Sunday's 6.0 earthquake near Napa. (KGO)
Photo shows damage in the aftermath of Sunday's 6.0 earthquake near Napa. (photo submitted by @AdreannaBabyyy via Twitter)
Photo shows damage in the aftermath of Sunday's 6.0 earthquake near Napa. (KGO)
An angel statue lost its feet during the earthquake, at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park. (AP/Ben Margot)