Deadly California earthquake leaves thousands without power

Two radical person died and tens of thousands of households were near without powerfulness aft a magnitude 6.4 earthquake rocked bluish California.

The tremor, 215 miles (350km) northbound of San Francisco, has caused wide harm to roadways.

"Anything that was connected the walls broke disconnected the walls," said JB Mathers, a nonmigratory of the coastal metropolis of Eureka.

Authorities person closed respective roads and warned the nationalist to brace for aftershocks.

The quake struck astatine 02:34 PST (10:34 GMT) connected Tuesday. It spawned up to 80 smaller quakes betwixt magnitude 4.6 and 2.5, according to the US Geological Survey.

Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said that 11 radical had been injured, successful summation to the 2 that died.

The tremor ruptured state lines, causing leaks. One gathering caught occurrence and was rapidly extinguished, portion 2 different buildings collapsed.

By noon section time, powerfulness was inactive retired for 69,000 customers, according to tracker Poweroutages.us.

The sheriff's bureau had said earlier said that nary tsunami was expected aft the quake, which occurred astir 2 miles offshore.

Authorities are inactive assessing damage. Utility crews accidental they could instrumentality days to reconstruct powerfulness successful the remote, heavy forested area.

The California Highway Patrol has closed the Fernbridge, a 1,320ft (400m) factual arch span that crosses the Eel River, aft discovering cracks successful 4 places, according to CBS, the BBC's spouse successful the US.

In the metropolis of Fortuna, powerfulness was retired and shattered solid littered the pavement.

On Saturday, a smaller 3.6 magnitude earthquake struck the San Francisco region, waking up thousands of radical successful the aboriginal hours and causing insignificant harm to infrastructure.