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Update: Widespread damage, powerfulness outages successful aftermath of 6.4 quake and aftershocks successful Humboldt County
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook parts of Northern California aboriginal Tuesday, jolting radical awake, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and tens of thousands were without powerfulness afterward.
Two injuries were reported pursuing the earthquake, which occurred astir 2:34 a.m. adjacent Ferndale, a tiny assemblage astir 213 miles northwest of San Francisco. The quality of the injuries has not yet been made clear, though some injured radical are expected to recover, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office said successful a connection obtained by CBS News.
Following the earthquake, much than 71,000 customers were reported to beryllium without powerfulness successful the surrounding area, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages crossed the country.
The quake besides damaged roads and buildings crossed Humboldt County, located northeast of Ferndale, according to the municipality's exigency services personnel. In a tweet, the bureau advised section residents to brace for imaginable aftershocks — which are communal aft a important earthquake and tin beryllium "damaging oregon deadly" contempt mostly being smaller than the original, the U.S. Geological Survey says — and to cheque for imaginable state and h2o leaks at home.
The Humboldt County Sheriff aboriginal confirmed that roads and homes successful the Eel River Valley, conscionable a fewer miles from Ferndale, were deed peculiarly hard by the quake. When the sheriff's bureau issued its latest update connected Tuesday morning, assessments were inactive underway to measure the afloat scope of the damage, the bureau said, adding that "numerous" state and h2o enactment leaks had been reported.
"This is simply a Humboldt Alert," the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services wrote on Twitter astatine astir 5:30 a.m. PT. "Due to a ample earthquake, wide harm to roads and homes are reported passim Humboldt County."
"Be prepared for aftershocks," the alert continued. "Check state and h2o lines for damages oregon leaks. Exercise caution if traveling."
People surviving successful the country person been asked to report immoderate state leaks to PG&E, wherever they tin besides larn much astir powerfulness restoration plans, the exigency services bureau said, adding that residents should nonstop questions astir their h2o proviso and related issues to the idiosyncratic h2o districts that work their properties.
This is simply a Humboldt Alert. Due to a ample earthquake, wide damages to roads and homes are reported passim Humboldt County. Be prepared for aftershocks. Check state and h2o lines for damages oregon leaks. Exercise caution if traveling.
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Prior to sharing the alert, the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services posted an archetypal tweet acknowledging the monolithic earthquake. At the time, it noted that "power is retired crossed the county" and said the quake was not expected to nutrient a consequent tsunami. According to USGS, it is improbable that an earthquake with a magnitude that falls beneath 6.5 to trigger a tsunami.
"DO NOT CALL 911 UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY," the exigency services bureau wrote successful its archetypal tweet, which came astatine astir 3 a.m. section time, soon aft the earthquake hit.
NO TSUNAMI IS EXPECTED. Magnitude 6.4 earthquake 14 miles from Fortuna. Power is retired crossed the county. DO NOT CALL 911 UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY.
— Humboldt Co OES (@HumCoOES) December 20, 2022Caroline Titus posted a video of the harm successful her surviving room, writing: "That was a large one. Power is present retired in #ferndaleca. House is simply a mess."
That was a large one. Power is present retired successful #ferndaleca. House is simply a mess. #earthquake pic.twitter.com/YEmcv1Urhp
— Caroline Titus (@caroline95536) December 20, 2022Paul Bugnacki besides posted photos of harm astatine his home, adding, "Major quake in #humboldt just a spot ago. We've got immoderate breached worldly but nary large structural harm to the house. Power is retired though."
Major quake successful #humboldt conscionable a spot ago. We’ve got immoderate breached worldly but nary large structural harm to the house. Power is retired though. #earthquake pic.twitter.com/abvtv4O7VU
— Paul Bugnacki, LCSW (@PBugnacki_LCSW) December 20, 2022The proprietor of a section store successful Fortuna called Fortuna Fabrics & Crafts shared a video taken wrong the store aft the earthquake, which showed merchandise and breached solid scattered crossed the floor.
Here's the video from the Shop aft past night, tons of breached solid and thrown merchandise from the #earthquake successful Fortuna past night. pic.twitter.com/aRxeChmoX3
— Gold Leaf Media (@goldleafmedia) December 20, 2022The California Highway Patrol reported the Fernbridge, a 1,320-foot-long factual arch span that crosses the Eel River, has cracks successful 4 places, CBS Bay Area reported. State Route 211 remained closed astatine Fernbridge successful Humboldt County hours aft the earthquake, arsenic agents astatine the California Department of Transportation conducted inspections of the bridge. All different authorities highways wrong the departments District 1 boundaries were open, a typical from the bureau confirmed.
FERNBRIDGE EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE: Damage to Fernbridge pursuing the 6.2 magnitude #earthquake successful Humboldt County. Main roadworthy to Ferndale presently closed disconnected by CalTrans arsenic crews inspect for further damage. pic.twitter.com/4BPOSvZrN9
— Austin Castro (@AustinCastroTV) December 20, 2022The earthquake came conscionable days aft a tiny magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area, waking up thousands of radical astatine 3:39 a.m. Saturday and causing insignificant damage.
That earthquake was centered successful El Cerrito, astir a 16-mile thrust to downtown San Francisco.
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