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  (美国 洛杉矶)美国加利福尼亚州北部外海上週六(1月9日)发生6.5级大地震,旧金山也感受到天摇地动,造成建筑损毁,逾2万住户电流供应中断,多人受轻伤。

  地震发生在当地时间下午4时27分(大马时间今日(週日,1月10日)早上8时27分),震央位于芬代尔以西35公里、加州首府萨克拉门托西北方360公里处,震源深度达16公里。

  随后又发生了5次余震,其中最强震为3.8级,美国气象局并未发出海啸警告。

  旧金山也感受到威力

  《洛杉矶时报》报导,最远在旧金山都能感受到地震威力;旧金山湾上週四及週五(1月7日及8日)曾发生两次轻微地震。

  震央附近城市尤里卡及週边社区政府没有发佈人员伤亡的报告,但尤里卡消防部门透露,有数人被震碎的玻璃割伤或擦伤,一名老人跌倒,髋部关节脱臼,另有许多人头部撞伤或身体擦伤,但都没有大碍。

  洪堡县紧急服务处发言人沃特披露,市内发生电线杆、交通灯倒塌事件,不少居民报称水管漏水或天然气外泄,许多住家的窗户玻璃被震碎,烟囪被震落地面,部份建筑大楼损毁。

  他补充:“有人投报烟囪倒塌,有轻微财物损失。人们摇晃得厉害,地震停止前有次强烈的震动。”

  部份地区或持续断电

  太平洋天然气与电力公司表示,地震发生后,大约有2万5000名用户的天然气和电力供应中断,5小时后仍有约1万人断电,部份地区可能会持续断电至隔天。

  加州公路警察单位则表示,主要道路与桥梁并未受损,仍全面对外开放。

  尤里卡市一间古董店老板娘說,她经历过多次地震,但这次是她记忆中最强烈的地震。她补充,地震导致她的店天摇地动,如今店内布满碎灯、破碗及衣物。

  探勘局:日内或再地震

  美国地质探勘局說,此地区下週内可能会再发生6.5级以上的大地震,机率为5%至10%。

  同时期内,当地发生5级以上余震的机率为75%。这不是预测,美国地质探勘局是根据加州以往的地震纪录,用统计学得出上述结果。

Hundreds of sea lions that abruptly blew out of San Francisco Bay's Pier 39 last Thanksgiving have apparently found a new home at another tourist attraction _ 500 miles north on the Oregon coast.

Thousands of California sea lions started showing up in December at Sea Lion Caves, a popular tourist draw because of the Stellar sea lions living in the caves.

The California sea lions appear to have made the trip because of an abundance of anchovies at the Oregon site, 11 miles north of the town of Florence.

Scientists say there is no way to say how many of the newcomers came from Pier 39, where the numbers fell from a peak of 1,701 in October to just 20 by the end of November. But it is likely some did, since they easily swim 100 miles a day searching for food between Mexico and Alaska.

Some of the California newcomers came into the cave, but most seem to prefer a nearby rocky beach.

Kim Raum-Suryan, a biologist at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, noticed the number of California sea lions at Heceta Head had doubled to some 5,000 in December and, like other scientists, figures the simple answer is food.

"My gut feeling is it has something to do with the (ocean warming) El Nino conditions off California, which is driving prey and sea lions up north," she said.

There are fewer herrings in San Francisco Bay, and a general decline in sea lion food off California last summer triggered a die-off of young sea lions making the transition from mother's milk to fish.

Meanwhile, anchovies have been plentiful in Oregon waters _ so plentiful that brown pelicans that normally winter in California are also hanging around, said Bob Emmett, a fisheries biologist for NOAA Fisheries Service in Newport.

Picking out which of the newcomer sea lions at Oregon Sea Caves are visitors from Pier 39 would be difficult.

Many sea lions are branded, and Raum-Suryan has been recording the brands she sees on sea lions at Heceta Head. But she hasn't found anyone who did the same at Pier 39.

Back at Pier 39, a marketplace and arcade with a view of Alcatraz, public relations director Sue Muzzin was happy to hear a couple dozen sea lions barking Thursday, and hopes any that are in Oregon left their hearts in San Francisco.

"People are taking photos of the dock because it is so atypical," she said. "You don't realize how much you miss them 'til they're gone."

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