this is video from coleville, california. you can see the boulders flying there in the distance. really, that rock slide. this is that california/nevada border. you see all the did you have from that 395 freeway. more than 200 miles away in san francisco, we felt it. the plant swaying and the dog barked. and the seismograph picked it up. it picked it up and on the right side of the screen, 6.0 at almost 4:00 this evening. the epicenter near the small town of coleville about 50 miles south of tahoe. check out this map. you can see people as far north as redding felt the quake. in visalia and even las vegas. ian cole has the latest video for us and the reaction near the epicenter. >> reporter: when the 6.0 earthquake hit, scott captured this video at the epicenter of coleville. boulders have a lamplging down from the centennial bluff, picking up dust while crashing down. >> the ground itself seemed to shake extensively and it might be because of the granite being here in high desert country. it is not absorbed like in other parts of the bay area so i think that made it that much mo

this was in coleville, california.re small towns that we're talking about that aren't used to this size of earthquakes. we've talked with a lot of people who felt the ground rumble. one man sent us these photos from inside the walker general store in coleville. you can see the bottles and other supplies flying off the shelves. the shaking felt here in the bay area of course. a lot of people talking about this. this is video from one of our video editors here at nbc. you can see the chandelier iran side of her home swinging. this was taken in the east bay in brentwood, nearly 200 miles away from that epicenter. in the last hour, i spoke with the usgs, one of their seismologists about the possibility of aftershocks. >> as we've seen already, the most likely scenario is that we have more earthquakes in the magnitude 3, magnitude 4 range near the epicenter and in places like reno, carson city, maybe even tahoe. those would be feelable, those sharp, sharp jolts we're familiar with. but we wouldn't really expect a larger ear

it was nothing. >> reporter: for burkhart and the campers in coleville they'll try to rest after quite the afternoon. >> nobody was hurt, no injuries, no damage, a few uneasy guests that aren't used to earthquakes so we're keeping them calm and moving them to different parts of the property. >> reporter: the usgs reported more than 40 aftershocks. geologists say the chance the antelope valley fault will have a larger earthquake in the coming days is around 6%. ian cull, nbc bay area news. >>> we track the follow-up from the quake and numerous aftershocks. head to nbcbayarea.com for the latest updates on this earthquake when we're not on the air. >>> new details this morning, five palo alto officers, police officers, suing the city for what they claim is discrimination for being forced to walk past a black lives matter mural. after the death of george floyd last summer the mural painted in front of city hall which images inside each letter of black lives matter for the letter e showed a black woman who killed a white new jersey state trooper in 1970s. the mercury news reports that five

. >> reporter: the quake is understanding giant boulders onto i-95 near coleville.smologists say quakes in eastern california are not unique, but could it mean a precursor to something bigger? >> yes. it's more likely there will be smaller earthquakes that follow this aftershock sequence. >> reporter: the shaking brought rocks and boulders down centennial bluff in coleville. seismologists say some people got a shakealert warning on their phone seconds before the quake, but many did not. did you get anything like that on your phone? >> no, nothing like that. >> as a result of the fact that there are fewer stations in eastern california, shakealert did not do as good of job as we would like. >> reporter: back in walker sally rosen knows after covid there's a new threat to prepare for. >> this is anecdotally earthquake country, so in theory it's definitely something that should be on our radar. >> reporter: seismologists say the shakealert system is still a work in progress. there are still about two more years of develop development planned including installing more s

. >> reporter: the quake is understanding giant boulders onto i-95 near coleville.akes in eastern california are not unique, but could it mean a precursor to something bigger? >> yes. it's more likely there will be smaller earthquakes that follow this aftershock sequence. >> reporter: the shaking brought rocks and boulders down centennial bluff in coleville. seismologists say some people got a shakealert warning did yong like that on your phone? >> no, nothing like that. >> as a result of the fact that there are fewer stations in eastern california, shakealert did not do as good of job as we would like. >> reporter: back in walker sally rosen knows after covid there's a new threat to prepare for. >> this is anecdotally earthquake country, so in theory it's definitely something that should be on our radar. >> reporter: seismologists say the shakealert system is still a work in progress. there are still about two more years of develop development planned including installing more seismic reporting stations in rural parts of california where, of course, earthquakes do

take a look at some of this video from coleville near the calfornia-nevada border. look closely you can see boulders flying down the mountain. in san jose, people also feeling the earthquake. this is video showing plants swaying, the dog barking as the earth moved. >>> we continue our reporting online. head over to nbcbayarea.com and you'll get the latest updates on the earthquake, even when we're not on air. >>> in the bay area covid cases are on the rise in alameda county. infections have more than doubled since the beginning of last month when rates were at the lowest point in months. daily case numbers averaged 28 per day. right now averaging more than 70 surpassing 100 on some days. in a new video posted yesterday, alameda's public health leader encouraged people to get vaccinated. >> simply the best tool we have to protect ourselves and protect those around us. particularly people who can't yet get vaccinated like children under age 12. >> he says the uptick comes as the delta variant continues to spread. >>> if you plan to spend time outside today you only ha

this is picture inside coleville. this is shun right now because of boulders onto the highway. jeff is joining us now. where were you at the time and what did you feel? >> well, i was in my restaurant and you know it was this huge jolt that came through and didn't stop. it was one of those that just kind of kept going and going. beyond us took a second or two. it hits so hard so quick. and lingered and kept ongoing. you realized oh my goodness, i should be outside right now. >> you have a barbecue restaurant there, was anything damaged? >> no real damage. a few things here and there. just knickknacks that people given us over the years and whatnot. no real damage. the general square had a lot more stuff and you can see from the picture there were a lot of damages there. the main thing is the road is closed and once again we are stuck in the middle of it. >> highway 395, a major way to get to south lake tahoe, we are glad you are safe, we know you folks don't feel a lot in that area, you got your barings and how do you feel right now? >> a little shaky. felt a couple of aftersho

>> reporter: epicenter near the rural eastern sierra community of coleville, triggering rock slides. owner of the koa campground at base of it. >> fortunate nobody was injured. >> reporter: boulders scattered and causing backups and rocking into the bay area. shake alert system set up throughout the west coast got to work. checked in with the performance. what went well and what didn't go as well as you hoped? >> shake alert system triggered on the earthquake as it's supposed to. because of the sparse sensor coverage in eastern part of california, didn't get the right answer. it was close but no cigar. >> reporter: usgf says four separate sensors have to register earthquake above 4.5 to set it off. few sensors so the ones who picked it up were farther away, delaying the message to the epicenter. >> five seconds optimal but this was 25 seconds because of the lack of coverage. >> reporter: in the bay area, you didn't get one because wasn't strong enough. >> only sent to area expected to receive shaking of particular level. sensitivity three or greater, you get the alert. >> reporter: n

this video posted by brett to rant on twitter near coleville, california on highway 3. 95 shows billowing dust from rock slides just moments after the quake. that is a big earthquake. i don't understand. video also shows large boulders that came tomba. going down right onto i 3 95, the chp says some cars were hit by rocks, but nobody was injured. the rock slides closed about 40 miles of the interstate as crews work to inspect t. the shaking continued with a swarm of dozens of aftershocks. at least a half dozen magnitude four or greater, according to the usgs. we actually felt the earthquake here in our office here in sacramento, we saw some of the light fixtures swaying, the state's office of emergency services, says there were no immediate reports of large damage. we have a team of folks who are actively working to do those assessments. check on the roads, check on the infrastructure. any sites of note whether the sewage treatment of jail hospital that could be impacted the earthquake swarm happened near the antelope valley fault. this is just one of the more unusual locations where we s

this video posted by brett to rant on twitter near coleville, california. on highway 3 95 shows billowing dust from rock slides just moments after the quake. that is a big earthquake. i don't understand. video also shows large boulders that came tumbling down right onto i 3 95, the chp says some cars were hit by rocks, but nobody was injured. the rock slides closed about 40 miles of the interstate as crews work to inspect the roadway people as far away as the bay area, fresno and even las vegas reported feeling the quakes. the usgs says the epicenter was near the town of walker south of lake tahoe, the shaking continued with a swarm of dozens of aftershocks. at least a half dozen magnitude four or greater, according to the usgs. well, after do actually happened fairly regularly in nevada and each of the three hours but they often don't impact a lot of people so often fly under the ladle. we actually felt the earthquake here in our office here in sacramento. we saw. some of the light fixtures, swaying the state's office of emergency services, says there were

take a listen to a campground owner describe what he saw in coleville. >> the ground seemed to shakeensively more and it might be because of the granite here in high desert country not absorbed like in other parts of the bay area. i think that made it that much more scarier. it rolled. you could literally see the ground moving. >> reporter: and that shaking continued after the quake. usgs says more than 40 aftershocks were reported in the first two hours including seven of 4.0 magnitude. it's good to know or keep in mind that you need to have your to go bag ready. flashlights, set of clothes, any medication you may have, it's good it know exactly where that is and make sure that bag is packed and ready in case a stronger zak does come our way. i think meteorologist kari hall has more information on those aftershocks. that's what a lot of folks were feeling. >> yeah. and so that large magnitude earthquake, the 6.0 that happened yesterday, on that walker lane fault in the sierra, it's basically what caused the sierra we see the two plates coming together causing in the mountain range.