{"id":13685,"date":"2022-10-25T16:18:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T23:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=13685"},"modified":"2022-10-25T16:18:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T23:18:55","slug":"redwood-city-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/redwood-city-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"Redwood City School District reports no damage to schools after magnitude 5.1 quake"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/65BB5F99-0D27-4172-8A23-4F52D4E661D9.jpeg\" alt=\"earthquake\" class=\"wp-image-13686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/65BB5F99-0D27-4172-8A23-4F52D4E661D9.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/65BB5F99-0D27-4172-8A23-4F52D4E661D9-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/65BB5F99-0D27-4172-8A23-4F52D4E661D9-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/65BB5F99-0D27-4172-8A23-4F52D4E661D9-150x113.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Geological Survey<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcsdk8.net\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rcsdk8.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redwood City School District<\/a> RCSD said there have been no immediate reports of damage to area schools following the 5.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Seven Trees near San Jose at 11:42 a.m. Tuesday and was felt throughout the Bay Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superintendent John Baker said that at the time of the earthquake, some students were in class and others were at lunch or in the playground, while some of the District Office staff were participating in meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;Those who felt the tremor proceeded to throw themselves to the ground, take cover and wait, evacuated buildings throughout the District and headed to previously designated safety zones,&quot; it stressed in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also pointed out that the maintenance staff followed the process to check each of the school facilities and gave the go-ahead to each school principal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, he said that teaching and learning continued normally throughout the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, October 20, RCSD participated in the Great California Shakeout, held to practice earthquake safety.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe safety of our students and staff is our top priority and I appreciate their participation in our annual safety drills that prepare us for days like today,\u201d Baker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The California Geological Survey said in a tweet that &quot;additional aftershocks can be expected in the region. We continue to monitor this region.&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may be interested in:<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/measure-l-in-housing-matters\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/es_mx\/medida-l-en-materia-de-vivienda\/\">East Palo Alto City Council to vote on housing measure<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Distrito Escolar de Redwood City \u2012RCSD, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s\u2012 se\u00f1al\u00f3 que hasta el momento no se han reportado da\u00f1os inmediatos en las escuelas del \u00e1rea tras el sismo registrado este martes a las 11:42 horas en Seven Trees, cerca de San Jos\u00e9, de magnitud 5.1, el cual fue sentido en toda el [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13685","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13688,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13685\/revisions\/13688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}