California’s power system operator CISO issued an emergency alert for the region following the earthquake.
In Ferndale and Humboldt County, more than 64,000 homes and businesses were without power early today, according to the power grid monitoring website Poweroutageus.com after the 6.4 magnitude hit today off the northern coast of California.
California’s power system operator CISO, which oversees much of the state’s power grid, issued an emergency alert for the region after the quake.
Local media also reported that the California Highway Patrol was responding to reports of cracks on the Ferndale Bridge over the Ill River. This city, which has about 15,000 inhabitants, is located 420 kilometers north of San Francisco and 31.54 kilometers south of Eureka.
“Power is out in the county,” Humboldt emergency services said in a tweet.
California regularly experiences earthquakes, and seismologists warn that it is almost certain that an earthquake capable of causing widespread damage will hit the state within the next 30 years.
The epicenter of today’s earthquake, which struck at 02:34 local time (12:34 GMT) was located at a depth of 16.1 kilometers, according to the USGS, which added that the earthquake struck 12 kilometers west-southwest of Ferndale, California, a 4-hour drive north of San Francisco. In 1994, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake in Northridge, northwest of Los Angeles, killed at least 60 people and caused an estimated $10 billion in damage, while a 6.9-magnitude earthquake in San Francisco in 1989 it had claimed the lives of 67 people.
Video from the moment of the strong earthquake
A video released from the moment of the earthquake shows its magnitude. A camera inside a liquor store shows bottles falling from the shelves at the time of the powerful earthquake.
There was no tsunami warning.
Footage shows bottles falling off liquor store shelves as a strong earthquake hit the Northern California coast.
The 6.2-magnitude quake was centered offshore about 210 miles from San Francisco. The nearest population center, Eureka, is about 45 miles north. https://t.co/zmyBPmOsQ0 pic.twitter.com/Jm5LKnUBDc
— ABC News (@ABC) December 21, 2021
Our home is a 140-year-old Victorian. The north/south shaking is very evident in what fell. This was our coffee station. Sorry for the dark video. Power still out. #ferndaleca #earthquake pic.twitter.com/md1WKCS58Z
— Caroline Titus (@caroline95536) December 20, 2022
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