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Numerous Buildings Uninhabitable After Bay Area Earthquake
A crack runs through the front of a post office in Napa, Calif., following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. A large earthquake caused significant damage and left at least three critically injured in California's northern Bay Area early Sunday, igniting fires, sending at least 87 people to a hospital, knocking out power to tens of thousands and sending residents running out of their homes in the darkness. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) AP Photo/Noah Berger

Numerous Buildings Uninhabitable After Bay Area Earthquake

The magnitude-6.0 earthquake left two adults and a child critically injured and sent residents running out of their homes.

NAPA, Calif. (TheBlaze/AP) — At least 15 buildings are no longer inhabitable after Sunday's magnitude-6.0 earthquake, Napa officials said, and there is only limited access to numerous other structures.

People photograph structural damage to a building that partially collapsed after an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Napa, Calif. (Image source: AP/Ben Margot)

Napa City Manager Mike Parness released the damage details at an afternoon news conference. Officials said they are still assessing buildings in the area.

A crack runs through the front of a post office in Napa, Calif., following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014. (Image source: AP/Noah Berger)

The buildings with only limited access mostly suffered broken windows, Parness said.

Bricks and rubble cover the sidewalk in front of a heavily damaged building following an earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, in Napa, Calif. (Image source: AP/Eric Risberg)

The magnitude-6.0 earthquake that struck at 3:20 a.m. Sunday about 6 miles from the city of Napa ruptured water mains and gas lines, left two adults and a child critically injured, upended bottles and casks at some of Napa Valley's famed wineries and sent residents running out of their homes.

The remains of a mobile home are seen after a gas fire destroyed it following a magnitude 6.0 earthquake Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park, in Napa, Calif. (Image source: AP/Ben Margot)

The earthquake is the largest to shake the Bay Area since the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake in 1989.

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