6.4-magnitude earthquake hits northern California
Source: NBC News
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Northern California early Tuesday, knocking out power for thousands. The quake hit at a depth of 10 miles just after 5:30 a.m. ET near Eureka in Humboldt County, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
It struck around 7.4 miles west-southwest of Ferndale, the agency said. More than a dozen smaller earthquakes appeared to hit parts of the region afterward, it said.
It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured in the earthquake. More than 70,000 utility customers were without power in Humboldt County as of 8 a.m. ET Tuesday, according to the online outage tracker Poweroutage.us.
"Power is out across the county," Humboldt County's Office of Emergency Services said in a tweet, adding: "DO NOT CALL 911 UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERIENCING AN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY."
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It struck around 7.4 miles west-southwest of Ferndale, the USGS said. It was not immediately clear whether anyone was injured by the earthquake.
There was no threat of a tsunami in connection with the earthquake as of early Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service's tsunami warning system said. A number of people said on social media that they were woken up by the MyShake earthquake warning app on their phones.
It comes almost exactly a year after a a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck offshore in the Cape Mendocino area ofNorthern California on Dec. 21, 2021. No major damage or injures were reported in connection with that quake.
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A preliminary 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Northern California early Tuesday morning. It was centered in the Humboldt County town of Ferndale, according to the United States Geological Survey.
It was followed shortly by at least two aftershocks that measured 4.6 magnitude and 3.1 magnitude.
There is no word on damage or injuries so far.
People in the Bay Area received alerts from the MyShake App, warning of the shaking. There were not reports of people in the Bay Area feeling the earthquake.
https://abc7news.com/earthquake-humboldt-ferndale-eureka/12592742/
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Here in Philly based on how the underlying rock structure was formed and has aged we strongly felt the 5.8 earthquake that originated down in central VA back in 2011. That literally radiated up the east coast. I was at work at the time at my desk working on my 'puter and all of a sudden the building started rocking and creaking (it was an old masonry brick/limestone block building) and my chair was literally moving forward and back, forward and back. Needless to say, our building was evacuated (I was on the 9th floor). 
That quake damaged the Washington Monument down in D.C.
Because the east coast is much older than the "younger" still-forming west, the inter-connectivity of rock allows for the vibrations to cover a much larger area, which was pretty interesting to learn. Comparison by USGS -
Map showing where ground shaking was felt from the magnitude 5.8 earthquake August 23, 2011, near Mineral, Virginia, compared to the similar sized magnitude 6 earthquake September 28, 2004, near Napa, California. Stars show earthquake epicenters, and the blue and red dots show ground shaking reported from the public to the USGS "Did You Feel It?" website. (Public domain.)
That is from the news on the radio!
everyone!
I survived the quake!
I was out in the garage when it an
!!!!!
the hell out of me and my cats.
We are ok and the house is ok.
I'm on a generator right now and I have my frig plugged into it as well.
That was a no B.S. quake.
Lots of damage and many many aftershocks!
& recommend !!
I figured there was no way to dismiss that considering that it was right off the coast and shallow (and then you have those aftershocks).
Hope you and yours can hang in there!!!! 
The power just came back on a few minutes ago.
I hope it stays on!
Its cold up here tonight!
Radio announcer: Stay safe hippies! 
(
)I have a half of an Annie's cheese pizza in the oven right now!
As for the Hippie Crasher ... use your imagination on that one! 
Hope power is restored soon. That PGE outage map is brutal!
Hubby and I vacationed in Arcata in October for our anniversary...I love Humboldt Co. so much!
Take care and good luck!
I was driving home from work!
My God!
There were black helicopters flying atop the City as the Marina district burned that night!
The next day we ventured to Polk Gulch to have lunch at Mayes Oyster House on Polk street. You'd had never know anything had occurred by looking at the clientele that day ...
Lombard street was a bumpy ragged mess!
I ventured north to where i am now. Still on the San Andreas fault!
Destiny no doubt as my gr-grandfather was in The Militia during the '06. That was ye old shoot to kill policy of that day for looting!
LOL I saw the (tony) Lombard (from the top of it) and it's normally like that.
When I was there, I marveled at doing my own "touring" of about 2/3rd of San Francisco via public transit.
Gotta stay clear of those faults but I guess you can't. True story but one of my sisters has a tiny (and active) fault at the bottom of her back yard where there is a creek. The houses on her side of the street run parallel with it.
It sounds like its trashed out completely down there! 
State of Emergency in Humboldt county!
Extensive damage!
I went to HSU as well!
Go Jacks!
