Massive 6.4 earthquake rocks California leaving tens of thousands without power - Daily Mail

A monolithic 6.4 earthquake has rocked California leaving tens of thousands of radical without power, with its epicentre 130miles northbound of San Francisco, 3 days aft 3.6 quake shook the Bay Area.

The beardown earthquake struck disconnected the seashore of bluish California connected Tuesday, United States Geological Survey said.

The earthquake was astatine a extent of 16.1km, USGS said, adding that it struck 12km west-southwest of Ferndale, California and southwest of the larboard metropolis of Eureka. 

One nonmigratory in Chico, bluish California, said they felt the quake and described it arsenic a 'rolling feeling'. 

It is understood that galore areas successful bluish California are present experiencing powerfulness outages, with astatine slightest 60,000 customers successful Humboldt County impacted, poweroutage.us reported. 

Gas leaks are besides being reported to the occurrence work successful Fortuna and the municipality of Rio Dell pursuing a reported structural illness connected Pacific Avenue. 

It is understood that 1 idiosyncratic whitethorn beryllium unaccounted for successful Rio Dell.

Ferndale writer Caroline Titus shared a video clip connected Twitter of her location aft the quake, describing it arsenic 'a mess' pursuing the shaking.

Items were strewn crossed the level arsenic she said that they were experiencing a powerfulness outage. 

California Highway Patrol successful Humboldt County responded to reported cracks successful the Ferndale Bridge and closed it to traffic, writer Andy Clausen said connected Twitter.

'It's the main span implicit the Eel River successful and retired of Ferndale, adjacent closest 1 is importantly further southbound disconnected 101. Report came successful somewhat aft the earthquake,' helium wrote. 

'Power is retired crossed the county. Do not telephone 911 unless you are experiencing an contiguous emergency,' Humboldt Country Office of Emergency Services tweeted.

Around a twelve tiny aftershocks were reported successful the area, USGS said.

The municipality has a colonisation of astir 15,000 people. It is 261 miles northbound of San Francisco and 19.6 miles southbound of Eureka, California.

A tsunami informing has not been issued pursuing the seismic movement. 

An exigency alert was issued USGS, which read: 'Earthquake Detected! Drop, Cover, Hold On. Protect Yourself.'

It follows a 3.6 quake connected Saturday greeting which deed the San Francisco Bay Area astatine astir 3.39am.

The USGS said that it had a extent of 3.6 miles and was centered adjacent to El Cerrito.

Maps from the infinitesimal showed immoderate anemic shaking crossed the region. 

California is regularly shaken by tremors and seismologists accidental a quake susceptible of causing wide demolition is astir definite to deed the authorities successful the adjacent 30 years.

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake successful 1994 successful Northridge, northwest of Los Angeles, near astatine slightest 60 radical dormant and caused an estimated $10 cardinal successful damage, portion a 6.9 quake successful San Francisco successful 1989 claimed the lives of 67 people.