5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Northern California

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The ground in Sacramento began shaking about 90 seconds ago, it is continuing. I don't think it is the wind. From my perspective, it was very very noticeable.

I fear to think it may have been worse elsewhere. Nothing fell from the shelves, but it was a very distinct, continued feeling.

The U.S. Geologic Survey States alternately that the quake was 5.7 and 5.9 11km WNW of Greenville, California.

Magnitude: 5.7 Time (Local): 05/23/2013 20:47:07 Time (UTC): 05/24/2013 03:47:07 Depth (km): 0 12 mile(s) SE of Chester, CA

Nearby Cities

Contra Costa Times writer Katie Nelson had more information, she caught up with Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center. He said the earthquake was centered six miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of Susanville.

It is an interesting thing to experience. Having grown up in Los Angeles, I was there for two major earthquakes, but slept through both as a child! This is certainly the most distinct quake I have ever felt, and it is akin to a rocket attack I recall in Iraq, in that you don't have any control over what is going to happen whatsoever. Of course this region is close to the infamous San Andreas Fault. I will add more information as it becomes available.

With almost 25 years of experience on the west coast and worldwide as a television news producer, photojournalist, reporter and assignment editor, Tim King is Salem-News.com's Executive News Editor. His background includes covering the war in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007, and reporting from the Iraq war in 2008. Tim is a former U.S. Marine who follows stories of Marines and Marine Veterans; he's covered British Royal Marines and in Iraq, Tim embedded with the same unit he served with in the 1980's.

Tim holds awards for reporting, photography, writing and editing from traditional mainstream news agencies like The Associated Press and Electronic Media Association; he also holds awards from the National Coalition of Motorcyclists, the Oregon Confederation of Motorcycle Clubs; and was presented with a 'Good Neighbor Award' for his reporting, by the The Red Cross.

Tim's years as a Human Rights reporter have taken on many dimensions; he has rallied for a long list of cultures and populations and continues to every day, with a strong and direct concentration on the 2009 Genocide of Tamil Hindus and Christians in Sri Lanka. As a result of his long list of reports exposing war crimes against Tamil people, Tim was invited to be the keynote speaker at the FeTNA (Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America) Conference in Baltimore, in July 2012. This is the largest annual gathering of North American Tamils; Tim addressed more than 3000 people and was presented with a traditional Sri Lanka ‘blessed garland’ and a shawl as per the tradition and custom of Tamil Nadu

In a personal capacity, Tim has written 2,026 articles as of March 2012 for Salem-News.com since the new format designed by Matt Lintz was launched in December, 2005. Serving readers with news from all over the globe, Tim's life is literally encircled by the endless news flow published by Salem-News.com, where more than 100 writers contribute stories from 23+ countries and regions.

Tim specializes in writing about political and military developments worldwide; and maintains that the label 'terrorist' is ill placed in many cases; specifically with the LTTE Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, where it was used as an excuse to slaughter people by the tens of thousands; and in Gaza, where a trapped population lives at the mercy of Israel's destructive military war crime grinder. At the center of all of this, Tim pays extremely close attention to the safety and welfare of journalists worldwide.